Jāmi‘ al Munshir
Jāmi‘ al Munshir is a mosque in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Jāmi‘ al Munshir is situated nearby to the city gate Bab Assalam, as well as near Bab al-Faradis.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab Assalam.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
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The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Umayyad Mosque is situated 520 metres southwest of Jāmi‘ al Munshir.
Bab Assalam
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Salam is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. During the Roman era, it was also known as "Gate of the Moon".
Bab al-Faradis
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Faradis or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The other name, Bab Al-Amara, refers to a name of a district in the old city where people in the 14th century would meet. Bab al-Faradis is situated 370 metres southwest of Jāmi‘ al Munshir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Abu Jarash
Quarter
Abu Jarash is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, Abu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.
Jāmi‘ al Munshir
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Jāmi‘ al Munsharah” and “Jami` al Munshir”
- Category: religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.51504° or 33° 30′ 54″ northLongitude
36.3104° or 36° 18′ 37″ eastElevation
682 metres (2,238 feet)Open location code
8G5RG886+25GeoNames ID
8430818
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In Other Languages
“Jāmi‘ al Munshir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع المنشر”
- Arabic: “جامع المنشرة”
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