Arbaeen Mosque

Arbaeen Mosque

Overview:

• It is noteworthy that "Al-Arbaeen Mosque" took its name from the "old quarter of Al-Arbaeen" which was next to it and which was demolished in the late last century to build a group of modern government buildings.

• Returning to the construction of the mosque, it goes back to the era of Prince "Hussein bin Karakouz Al-Kojki", and he was known as the "Kojki Mosque", and it is also called the "Shehab Al-Kojki" mosque.

Historic overview:

• Its historical and religious value is due to the fact that it was built on the wall of the old city, and the wall was subjected to many calamities before the mosque was built on it, the last of which was the great “Homs” earthquake in 1157 AD, which led to the collapse and destruction of a large part of it, but the Sultan “Nur al-Din Mahmoud al-Zengi” ordered the rebuilding of the tower and the wall, after which the "Kojki" built the mosque.

• In 1569 AD, a school and a home for orphaned students were built next to the mosque on the city wall, which remained in place until the mid-forties of the last century.

Architectural Description:

• On the northwest corner of the ancient “Homs” wall, near the city center, stands the only remaining defensive tower of the old city, which later became part of “Al-Arbaeen Mosque” on which the minaret of the mosque was built, a modest minaret that does not exceed three meters above the tower.

• As for the tower, it is cylindrical in shape, built from the bottom with large basalt stones that continue to a height of two meters, and from the top small basalt stones continue to the end of the tower. The tower contains recesses for archers, and inside the tower there are stands for archers, which were climbed by stairs.

• The building of the mosque consists of a ground floor that contains a Haram and a prayer space.

Resources:

esyria.sy website

syrianmodernhistory website

zamanalwsl website

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