Al-Bakiriyya Mosque

Al-Bakiriyya Mosque
Basic information
Location Sana'a, Yemen
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Completed 1597
Al-Bakiriyya in 1926 year.

Bakiriyya Dom is a mosque constructed in Sana'a around 159697 by the Ottoman governor of Yemen, Hasan Pasha.[1] The mosque fell into disrepair after the Ottomans were driving out of Yemen in 1626 but was fully restored when the Ottomans recaptured Sana'a in 1878.[2]

References

  1. Marshall Cavendish Reference (2010). Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 149. ISBN 0761479295.
  2. Marshall Cavendish Reference (2010). Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World. Marshall Cavendish. p. 149. ISBN 0761479295.

Coordinates: 15°21′11″N 44°12′54″E / 15.35306°N 44.21500°E / 15.35306; 44.21500

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