Naqshbandi Mosque
The Murad Pasha Mosque is an early Ottoman-era Sufi mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria, located in the Suwayqa sector of the Al-Midan quarter. The mosque was erected and named after Murad Pasha, who served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus between 1568-1569.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Damascus, Syria
- Also known as: “Murad Pasha Mosque” and “Murad Pasha Mosque, Damascus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Cemetery Bab as-Saghir.
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 1 km northeast of Naqshbandi Mosque.
Cemetery Bab as-Saghir
Cemetery
Photo: Toushiro, Public domain.
Bab al-Saghir Cemetery is an Islamic cemetery in Damascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate. Cemetery Bab as-Saghir is situated 250 metres east of Naqshbandi Mosque.
Bab Al Jabiyeh
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Jabiya is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. During the Roman era, the gate was dedicated to Mars. Bab al-Jabiya was the main entrance on the city's west side. Bab Al Jabiyeh is situated 530 metres north of Naqshbandi Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Midan and Damascus.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
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.
Naqshbandi Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.50354° or 33° 30′ 13″ northLongitude
36.30137° or 36° 18′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG832+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 204370384OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6937205
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Naqshbandi Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع النقشبندي”
- Arabic: “جامع مراد باشا”
- Bengali: “মুরাদ পাশা মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جامع مراد باشا”
- Fulah: “Murad Pasha Mosque, Damascus”
- Malay: “Masjid Murad Pasha”
- Turkish: “Murad Paşa Camii”
- Turkish: “Şam Murat Paşa Camii”
- Urdu: “جامع مراد پاشا”
- Uzbek: “Murod posho masjidi”
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