Aqsab Mosque
The Aqsab Mosque is an Ayyubid-era Sunni mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria. The mosque is located on Suq Sarujiyya, outside the walls of the old city, near the Bab al-Salam gate.Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab Touma.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 1 km southwest of Aqsab Mosque.
Bab Touma
City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one of the seven gates of Damascus, a geographic landmark of Christianity. Bab Touma is situated 610 metres southeast of Aqsab Mosque.
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 Assalam is situated 440 metres south of Aqsab Mosque.
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.
Aqsab Mosque
- Type: Mosque
- Description: Mosque in Damascus, Syria
- Categories: Ancient City of Damascus, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.51806° or 33° 31′ 5″ northLongitude
36.31107° or 36° 18′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG896+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 1830080287OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q4117572
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Satellite Map
Discover Aqsab Mosque from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Aqsab Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع الأقصاب السادات”
- Arabic: “جامع الأقصاب”
- Arabic: “جامع السادات”
- Arabic: “جامع منجك”
- Arabic: “مسجد الأقصاب”
- Bengali: “আকসাব মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع الاقصاب”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Aqsab”
- Hindi: “अक्साव मस्जिद”
- Malay: “Masjid Aqsab”
- Persian: “مسجد الاقصاب”
- Turkish: “Aksab Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد اقصاب”
- Uzbek: “Aqsab masjidi”
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