Mahkamah Mosque

Mahkamah Mosque
Mosque of Birdibak
Madrasa of Amir Bardabak
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictGaza Governorate
ProvinceGaza Strip
RegionLevant
StatusDestroyed
Location
LocationBaghdad Street, Shuja'iyya, Gaza Strip, Palestine
CountryState of Palestine
Mahkamah Mosque is located in Gaza Strip
Mahkamah Mosque
Location within Gaza
Geographic coordinates31°30′6.98″N 34°28′10.99″E / 31.5019389°N 34.4697194°E / 31.5019389; 34.4697194
Architecture
TypeMosque-Madrasa
StyleBurji Mamluk
Completed1455
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
MaterialsStone, Marble

The Mahkamah Mosque (also known as Mosque of Birdibak or Madrasa of Amir Bardabak; Arabic transliteration: Jāmi' al-Mahkamah al-Birdibakiyyah) was a congregational mosque and madrasa, built in 1455, destroyed by Israeli bombing during the 2014 Gaza War.[1] The mosque was located along Baghdad Street near the main western entrance of the Shuja'iyya district in Gaza City, Palestine.[2]

  1. ^ "Long-neglected Gaza heritage wilts in war". Ma'an News Agency. 2014-08-14. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. ^ Sadeq, Mu'en. Madrasa of Amir Bardabak (el-Mahkama Mosque) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Excerpt from Sadeq's Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism: Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza provided by Museum With No Frontiers. 2004-2012.