The Al-Saffahiyah Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع السَّفَّاحِيَّة, romanized: Jāmiʿ as-Saffāḥīyah) is a mosque and madrasa in Aleppo, located to the south-west of the Citadel, at “Al-Jalloum” district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, to the east of Al-Shibani Church-School. The mosque was built in 828 AH (1424/1425 CE) under the patronage of Ahmed bin Saleh bin Al-Saffah on the ruins of an old mill, during the Mamluk period.[1]
The mosque is marked with its single octagonal minaret over the entrance, decorated with the fine carvings of the Mamluk architecture. The mihrab is made of marble.[2] The mosque was partially renovated in 1925.
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- ^ حي السفاحية” حي القساطل والمدارس [Al-Saffahiyah]. eSyria (in Arabic). September 1, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ “Madrasa al-Saffahiyya”. ArchNet.org. n.d. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
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