Al-Bakiriyya Mosque

Al-Bakiriyya in 1926 year.
Bakiriyya Dom. 1988 year

Bakiriyya Dom is a mosque constructed in Sana'a around 1596-97 by the Ottoman governor of Yemen, Hasan Pasha.[1] The mosque fell into disrepair after the Ottomans were driving out of Yemen in 1626 but was fully restored when the Ottomans recaptured Sana'a in 1878.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Marshall Cavendish Reference (2010). Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 149. ISBN 0761479295.
  2. ↑ Marshall Cavendish Reference (2010). Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 149. ISBN 0761479295.

Coordinates: 15°21′11″N 44°12′54″E / 15.35306°N 44.21500°E / 15.35306; 44.21500

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