Halal Travel Guide: My Mosque Journey Part 2 — 634 Mosques in 9 Years

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Summary: This second part of a nine-year mosque journey records the later section of a personal route that reached 634 mosques. It keeps the original list-style structure, place names, dates, and mosque details while presenting the record in English as one long article.

Tripoli

Taynal Mosque

Built by the Mamluk dynasty in 1336.

Hanging Mosque (Mu'allaq)

Built by the Ottoman dynasty in 1561.

Mansouri Great Mosque

Built by the Mamluk dynasty in 1294, it is the first building the Mamluks constructed in Tripoli.

Al-Uwaysiyat Mosque

First built during the Mamluk period in 1461, then renovated by the Ottoman dynasty in 1534.

Attar Mosque

Built in the 1350s, it is known as the most beautiful ancient mosque in Tripoli.

Closed

Tawba Mosque

Estimated to have been built during the Mamluk period, it was rebuilt in 1612.

Burtasi Mosque

Built between the end of the 13th century and 1324.

Baalbek

Umayyad Great Mosque

Built in 715 by the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I, it is one of the oldest existing mosques in the world.

Sidon

El Kikhia Mosque

Built in 1625, it is a representative work of Lebanese architecture from the Ottoman period.

El Qtaishieh Mosque

Built in the 16th century.

Great Mosque of Omar (Al-Omari Mosque).

Dates back to the Crusader era and was built by the Mamluk Sultanate in 1291.

El-Bahr Mosque.

Built in 1373.

El Barrane Mosque.

Built between the late 16th century and early 17th century.

Saudi Arabia.

Medina.

Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid an-Nabawi).

It has been expanded many times throughout history, with the core area built during the Ottoman Empire.

Al-Ghamama Mosque.

Originally built during the Umayyad Caliphate and rebuilt by the Ottoman Empire in 1859.

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq Mosque.

The current structure was rebuilt by the Ottoman Empire in 1838.

As-Saqiya Mosque.

The current structure was built during the Ottoman period.

Anbariya Mosque.

Built by the Ottoman Empire in 1908.

Musabbih Mosque.

The current structure is an ancient building made of black volcanic basalt.

Al-Fath Mosque.

Built during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Umar II (reigned 717-720) and later renovated.

Salman Al-Farsi Mosque.

Built during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Umar II (reigned 717-720) and later renovated.

Umar bin Khattab Mosque

Built during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Umar II (reigned 717-720) and later renovated.

Ali bin Abu Talib Mosque

Built during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Umar II (reigned 717-720) and later renovated.

Fatimah Az-Zahra Mosque

Built during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I (reigned 1839-1861)

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Quba Mosque

First built in 622, rebuilt in 1986

Jeddah

Al-Shafi'i Mosque

The oldest surviving coral stone mosque in Jeddah. It was first built by a Yemeni king in 1250, and the main hall was rebuilt by an Indian merchant in 1539.

Abu Anaba Mosque

Construction date unknown

Mecca

The Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram)

First built in 638, it is still being expanded today

Egypt

Cairo

Al-Hakim Mosque

Built by the Fatimid dynasty between 990 and 1013

Al-Aqmar Mosque

Built by the Fatimid dynasty in 1125-1126

Al-Azhar Mosque

Built by the Fatimid dynasty in 972, it was expanded and renovated many times later.

Al-Hussein Mosque

Built in 1154 and rebuilt in 1874.

Abu al-Dhahab Mosque

Built in 1774, it is the last large building complex constructed by the Mamluks in Egypt.

Al-Ashraf Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Sultan in 1424.

Al-Muayyad Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Sultan between 1415 and 1421, it is the last large hypostyle mosque in Cairo.

Salih Tala'i Mosque

Built by the Fatimid dynasty in 1160, it is the last important historical building from the Fatimid era still standing.

Ahmad al-Mihmandar Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Emir between 1324 and 1325.

Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Emir between 1480 and 1481, it is a classic example and masterpiece of late Mamluk architecture.

Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque

Built in 1395 by a high-ranking official of the Mamluk dynasty.

Al-Rifa'i Mosque

Originally a Sufi lodge, it was rebuilt into the current large mosque by the Muhammad Ali dynasty of Egypt between 1869 and 1912.

Amir Altinbugha al-Mardani Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Emir between 1338 and 1340.

Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban Mosque

Built by a Mamluk Sultan between 1368 and 1369.

Blue Mosque

Built by a Mamluk emir in 1347, an Ottoman Janissary general decorated the qibla wall with Ottoman tiles between 1652 and 1654.

Sultan Hassan Mosque

Built by a Mamluk sultan between 1356 and 1363, it was the most expensive mosque built in medieval Cairo.

Ibn Tulun Mosque

Built by the Tulunid dynasty between 876 and 879, it is the oldest mosque building still standing in Egypt.

Taghribirdi Mosque

Built by a Mamluk emir in 1440.

Shaykhu Mosque

Built by a great Mamluk emir in 1349.

Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque

Built by a high-ranking official of the Mamluk Sultanate in 1413.

Tunisia

Tunis City

Zaytuna Mosque

Built by the Umayyad dynasty after they conquered Carthage in 698, its current form mostly dates to the reconstruction by the Aghlabid dynasty in 864-865. It is the second great mosque built by Arabs in the Maghreb region.

New Mosque (Jemaa el-Jedid)

Built by the Husainid dynasty of Tunis in 1726.

Ksar Mosque

Built by the Banu Khurasan dynasty in 1106, it was converted to the Hanafi school by the Ottoman dynasty in 1598, and rebuilt in its current Moorish style by Bonkhta in 1647-1648.

Hammuda Pasha Mosque

Built by the Muradids dynasty in 1655, it is the second Hanafi mosque in Tunis.

Sidi Mahrez Mosque

Built by the Muradids dynasty in 1692.

Kasbah Mosque (Gubao Si)

Built by the Hafsid dynasty between 1230 and 1233, this is the second Friday mosque in Tunis.

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El Ichbili Mosque

The mosque was built in the 10th century, and the minaret (bangke ta) was added in the 14th century.

Youssef Dey Mosque

Built by the Ottoman dynasty in 1616, it is the first Ottoman-style mosque in Tunis.

Sousse

Great Mosque

Built by the Aghlabid dynasty in 851, the main prayer hall was expanded to the south in the 10th century.

Kairouan

Great Mosque

Founded in 670 by the Arab Umayyad dynasty, it was rebuilt and renovated many times before reaching its current appearance in the 9th century. It houses the world's oldest surviving minaret, concave mihrab, and minbar.

Three Doors Mosque (Sanmen Si)

Built in 866, it features the oldest decorated facade of any Islamic religious building in the world.

Barber Mosque (Lifashi Si)

The main prayer hall was newly built in 1629.

Monastir

Great Mosque

Originally built during the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century and renovated in the 18th century.

Hammamet

Great Mosque

Construction began in the 12th century and was officially completed in the 13th century.

India

Delhi

Qutb Mosque (Qutb Masjid)

Construction started in 1193, the first mosque in Delhi.

Jamaat Khana Mosque

Built after 1296, its style is very close to the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Tohfe Wala Gumbad Mosque

Built in 1303 when the Khalji dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate constructed Siri City.

Ruins

Begampur Mosque

Built after 1351, an official mosque of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Ruins

Firoz Shah Kotla Mosque

Built in 1354, an official mosque of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Khirki Mosque

Built in the 1370s, an official mosque of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Ruins

Kali Mosque

Built in 1370, an official mosque of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Kalan Mosque

Built in 1387, an official mosque of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Bara Gumbad Mosque

Built in 1494, during the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.

Ruins

Madhi Mosque

15th century, Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate

Ruins

Nili Mosque

1505, Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate

Rajon ki Baoli Mosque

1506, Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate

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Muhammad Wali Mosque

Late 15th to early 16th century, Lodi Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate

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Jamali Kamali Mosque

1528, Mughal Dynasty

Ruins

Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque

1541, Royal Mosque of the Sur Dynasty

Ruins

Salimgarh Fort Mosque

1546, Sur Dynasty

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Isa Khan Mosque

1547, Sur Dynasty

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Khairul Manazil Mosque

1561, Mughal Empire

Afsarwala Mosque

1566, Mughal Empire

Ruins

Jama Mosque

1656, Mughal Empire Friday Mosque (Juma Masjid)

Fatehpuri Mosque

1650, Mughal Empire

Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid)

1659, Mughal Empire Royal Private Mosque

Sunehri Mosque

1751, Mughal Empire

Safdarjung Mosque

1754, the last great mosque of the Mughal Empire

Hyderabad

Mecca Mosque (Mecca Masjid)

Built by the Qutb Shahi dynasty between the late 16th and early 17th centuries

Paigah Tombs Mosque

Built during the Asaf Jahi dynasty in the 18th to 19th centuries

Taramati Mosque

Built in 1518 for the Qutb Shahi Sultan's court and nobility

Zanana Mosque

Behind the walls of Golconda Fort

Ibrahim Mosque

Built in the late 16th century

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Nasser bin Obaid bin Lootah Mosque

Built in 1910

Almulla Mosque

Traditional Gulf style

Great Mosque

Built in 1900 and rebuilt in 1998

Sharjah

Obeid Bin Issa Mosque

Built in the 19th century, the first mosque in Sharjah

Al-Daleel Mosque

Traditional Gulf style

Al Jame'i Mosque

Friday mosque in the old city of Sharjah, traditional Gulf style

Russia

Moscow

Historic mosque of the Tatar community

Dating back to 1712, rebuilt by Tatar merchants in 1823

Moscow Cathedral Mosque

Built in 1904 and rebuilt in 2015

Kazan

Marjani Mosque

Built between 1766 and 1770, this is the oldest surviving mosque in Kazan.

Apanay Mosque

Built between 1768 and 1771.

Galeevskaya Mosque

Built between 1798 and 1801.

İske Taş Mosque

Built in 1802.

White Mosque

Built between 1801 and 1805, closed in 1929.

Ruins

Pink Mosque

Built in 1808.

Kazan Higher Madrasa

Blue Mosque

Built between 1815 and 1819.

Nurulla Mosque

Built between 1845 and 1849.

Sultan Mosque

Built in 1868.

Bornay Mosque

First built in 1799, rebuilt in 1872.

Azimov Mosque

Built between 1887 and 1890, known as the most beautiful mosque in Kazan.

Zakabannaya Mosque

Built between 1924 and 1926 to mark the millennium of the Volga Bulgars' conversion to Islam.

Kul Sharif Mosque.

Built in 2005, it is the largest mosque in Kazan.

Bolghar.

Great Mosque of Bolghar.

First built during the Golden Horde period, with corner towers added in the 1440s.

Ruins

Small Minaret (Maly Minaret).

Built during the late 14th century in the Golden Horde period.

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Ukraine.

Bakhchysarai (Russian-occupied).

Great Khan Mosque.

First built by the Crimean Khanate in 1532 and restored in the 1740s.

Small Khan Mosque.

Built in the 16th century for members of the Crimean Khanate royal family and high-ranking officials.

Orta Mosque.

The Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque) of Bakhchysarai, which dates back to at least 1674.

Ismi Khan Mosque.

Built between the 17th and 18th centuries, it was used as a warehouse for a long time.

Ruins

Molla Mustafa Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque).

Dates back to the 17th century.

Tahtali Mosque.

Built in 1707.

Malik Ashtar Shrine Mosque.

Built during the Crimean Khanate era, the mosque was destroyed in 1955, with only the pulpit (minbar) surviving. Once a Sufi center on the Crimean Peninsula.

Ruins

Uzbek Khan Mosque (Zhanibiehan Si).

First built in 1346 during the Golden Horde period, rebuilt by the Crimean Khanate in 1455, and excavated in 1928.

Ruins

Iran.

Rey.

Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine Mosque.

First built in the 1090s during the Seljuk Empire, then expanded in the 16th century during the Safavid Dynasty.

Tehran.

Imamzadeh Saleh Shrine Mosque.

Dates back to the late Safavid Dynasty through the Afsharid Dynasty in the 18th century.
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