Al-Bakiriyya Mosque

Al-Bakiriyya Mosque
جامع البكيرية
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationSana'a, Yemen
Al-Bakiriyya Mosque is located in Yemen
Al-Bakiriyya Mosque
Yemen
Geographic coordinates15°21′11″N 44°12′54″E / 15.35306°N 44.21500°E / 15.35306; 44.21500
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman
Completed1597
Al-Bakiriyya in 1926 year.

Bakiriyya Mosque is a mosque constructed in Sana'a around 1596–97 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]

  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.