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Mudhaffar Mosque

Part of the oldest functioning public bath in Yemen, it is one of the three most beautiful mosques in Taiz

Taiz, Yemen

Coordinates: 13.571692, 44.011086

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The Mudhaffar Mosque is located in the center of the old part of the city of Taiz, Yemen. Built in the thirteenth century, the mosque is part of the oldest functioning public bath in Yemen. It is one of the two beautiful mosques in Yemen, other being the Al-Ashrafiyyah mosque.

It is one of the largest mosques of the old city and many of the residents attend the Friday prayers (Jumu’ah) there. The Mosque was also known as the Madrassa (Islamic school) that educated many Islamic scholars.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudhaffar_Mosque

Image Sources

200612_Yemen-226_(354283430)
By Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy – 200612_Yemen-226, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38593761

The_Mussaffar_Mosque_in_Taiz
By Hasso Hohmann, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88844549

200612_Yemen-229_(354283492) (1)
By Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy – 200612_Yemen-229, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38593763

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