As-Sahabah Mosque | |
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مسجد الصحابة | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Region | Cyrenaica |
Modern 20th-century mosque built next to a 7th-century Muslim cemetery | |
Location | |
Location | Derna, Libya |
Geographic coordinates | 32°45′41″N 22°38′33″E / 32.7613837°N 22.6423723°E |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Style | Modern |
Completed | 1975 |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | Many (uncountable) |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Shrine(s) | 3 |
The As-Sahabah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الصحابة) is a mosque located at the Maydan Al-Sahaba Square in the city of Derna, Libya.[1][2] It was built in the 1970s on the site of a cemetery containing the graves of the Sahaba who were slain by the Byzantine armies during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.[2] Within the grounds of the mosque is an attached cemetery containing the tomb of Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi and at least seventy Muslim soldiers involved in the Battle of Mamma.[1]