Al-Muhdhar Mosque
Al-Muhdar Mosque or Al-Mihdar Mosque is one of the historical mosques in the ancient city of Tarim, in the Yemeni province of Hadramaut. It is attributed to Omar Al-Mihdar bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Saqqaf, a Muslim leader who lived in the city during the 15th-century.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: Historic mosque in Tarim, Yemen
- Also known as: “Masjid al Mihdar” and “Masjid al Miḩḑār”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Al-Ranad Fort.
Al-Ranad Fort
Building
Al-Ranad Fort is a mudbrick palace in the city of Tarim in Yemen. Al-Ranad Fort is situated 260 metres west of Al-Muhdhar Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dammun and Thibi.
Dammun
Suburb
Dammun is a wadi village in Hadramaut, Yemen, about 4.2 kilometres northeast of Tarim.
Thibi
Village
Thibi is a village in eastern Yemen. Thibi is situated 3½ km south of Al-Muhdhar Mosque.
Khubayah
Village
Khubayah is a village in eastern Yemen. Khubayah is situated 5 km east of Al-Muhdhar Mosque.
Al-Muhdhar Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tarim District, Muhafazat Hadramaout, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.05448° or 16° 3′ 16″ north
Longitude
48.99844° or 48° 59′ 54″ east
Elevation
617 metres (2,024 feet)
Open location code
7H8C3X3X+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=mosque
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Al-Muhdhar Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد المحضار”
- Bengali: “আল-মুহধার মসজিদ”
- Dutch: “Al-Muhdhar-moskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد المحضار”
- German: “Al-Mihdhar-Moschee”
- Hindi: “अल-मुहदार मस्जिद”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Al-Muhdhar”
- Turkish: “El-Muhzar Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Махдар”
- Urdu: “مسجد المحضار”
- Uzbek: “Al-Muhdor masjidi”
- Western Mari: “Аль-Мухтар мечеть”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tarim and Al Ghuwaydah.
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