| Mahmoudiya Mosque | |
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مسجد المحمودية מסגד מחמודיה | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Sunni |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 4 Ruslan Street,Jaffa,Tel Aviv |
| Country | Israel |
  Location of the mosque in Tel Aviv District,Israel | |
 Interactive map of Mahmoudiya Mosque | |
| Coordinates | 32°03′18″N34°45′20″E / 32.054917°N 34.75548°E /32.054917; 34.75548 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | Ottoman |
| Founder |
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| Groundbreaking | 1730CE |
| Completed | 1812 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | Six |
| Minaret | One |
TheMahmoudiya Mosque (Arabic:مسجد المحمودية;Hebrew:מסגד מחמודיה) is the largest and most significantmosque inJaffa,Tel Aviv, in theTel Aviv District ofIsrael. It is composed of a complex of buildings arranged around two large courtyards and a third, smaller, courtyard. The buildings, gates, and courtyards were built at different stages throughout the 18th and 19th centuries whilePalestine was underOttoman rule.[1]
Construction of the Mahmoudiya Mosque is occurred in 1730 on the orders of governor Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalili. Asabil (fountain), embedded in the southern wall of the mosque, is attributed toSulayman Pasha, governor ofAcre in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1]
Most of the current mosque was built in 1812 by theOttoman governor ofGaza and Jaffa,Muhammad Abu-Nabbut. The main courtyard, located in the western part of the mosque, with its arcades and large rectangular prayer hall covered by two big shallow domes, and with its slenderminaret are accredited to him. Traces of earlier construction are hardly noticeable, but research contends that Abu-Nabbut's mosque was built on the foundations of a smaller mosque that belonged to the Bibi family of Jaffa.[1] The building reusesRoman columns fromCaesarea andAshkelon.[2]
The Mahmoudiya Mosque used to occupy the northeast corner ofOld Jaffa. In the middle of the 19th century, the walls of Jaffa were gradually dismantled thus allowing for another major addition to the mosque to be made. Around the turn of the 20th century, the center of government moved to the east of the mosque, just outside the ancient walls. In order to facilitate access to the mosque from the government building, a new gate was built in the eastern wall of the mosque, facing the clock-tower plaza. The gate, named "the gate of the governors", reflects the design of Sabil Sulayman, built inJerusalem in the 17th century bySuleiman the Magnificent.[1]
Today, the exterior walls of the mosque are largely concealed by shops. However, in some places the two shallow domes of the prayer hall and the multitude of ancillary dome are still visible from the surrounding streets. The tall and refined silhouette of the minaret is still prominent in what remains of the fabric of Old Jaffa and its surrounding.[1]
Media related toMahmoudiya mosque in Jaffa at Wikimedia Commons
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