Al-Bidya Mosque is a historical mosque in the Emirate of Fujairah, the U.A.E. It was the oldest known mosque in the country, prior to the discovery in September 2018 of the ruins of a 1000-year-old mosque dating back to the Islamic Golden Age, near the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque in the city of Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Badiyah and Sharm.

Al Badiyah

Town

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

Al-Badiyah or Al-Bidyah is a settlement in the Emirate of Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates. It is the site of a historical mosque of the same name, which is the oldest functional mosque in the country, dating back to the 15th century.

Sharm

Town

Photo: IbrahimKumar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wadi Sharm is a valley or dry river with flow ephemeral or intermittent, flowing almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Emirate of Fujairah. Sharm is situated 3 km north of Haqil.

Zubarah

Suburb

Zubarah is a coastal suburb to the North of Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. It is the northernmost district of Khor Fakkan municipality. Zubarah is situated 4½ km south of Haqil.

Haqil

Categories: human settlement, possibly invalid entry requiring further references, and locality
Location: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

25.44579° or 25° 26′ 45″ north

Longitude

56.35807° or 56° 21′ 29″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

7HQRC9W5+86

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1583597490

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

291964

Wikidata ID

Q15222974

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Haqil” goes by many names.

Arabic: “حقل”
Dutch: “Haqil”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haqil”

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