Sidna Ali Mosque
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| Sidna Ali Mosque | |
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| Location |  Herzliya, Israel |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | Tel Aviv |
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| Architect(s) | Mahamid Jamal |
| Architectural style | Mamluk |
| Completed | 13th Century |
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| Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Sidna Ali Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدنا علي, Masjid Sidna Ali; Hebrew: מסגד סידנא עלי, Misgad Sidna Ali) is a Muslim place of worship located in the depopulated village of Al-Haram on the beach in the northern part of Herzliya in Israel.
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[edit] History
The mosque was originally a 13th century Mamluk construction built in honour of one of Saladins lieutenants who fought bravely against the Crusaders and died in a battle on the hill on which the mosque now stands. His shrine is now housed within the building.
It now serves both as a mosque and as a religious school.[1]
[edit] Architecture
During the turn of the century it was rebuilt as a caravanserai and went through restorations in 1992.[1][2]
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[edit] References
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- ^ a b Jacobs, Daniel; Shirley Eber, Francesca Silvani, Rough Guides (Firm) (1998). "Herzliya". Israel and the Palestinian Territories: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. pp. 531. ISBN 1858282489. http://books.google.com/books?id=JXoY2vCZ5AEC&pg=RA3-PA54&lpg=RA3-PA54&dq=caravanserai+sidna+ali&source=bl&ots=wOSbjUfMZy&sig=JxOcdKjnFqmwwyDs3IQIn73NMkA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "Sidna Ali Mosque Restoration". archnet.org. http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=1702. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
[edit] Bibliography
- Ephrat, Daphna (2009): The Shaykh, the Physical Setting and the Holy Site: the diffusion of the Qadiri path in late medieval Palestine. In JRAS (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society), Series 3, 19, 1 (2009), pp. 1-20.
- Petersen, Andrew (2002), A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology) (Al-Haram: p. 146-148)
- Taragan, Hana (2004): The Tomb of Sayyidna Ali in Arsuf: the Story of a Holy Place. In JRAS (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society), Series 4, 14, 2 (2004), pp. 83-102.
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Coordinates: 32°11′16.22″N 34°48′20.47″E / 32.1878389°N 34.8056861°E
