| Queen Arwa Mosque Mosque of Queen Arwa bint Ahmad al-Sulayhi | |
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 View of a minaret, as seen from the courtyard | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | Jiblah |
| Province | Ibb Governorate |
| Region | South Arabia |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Jiblah |
| Cercle | Jiblah |
| Country |  Yemen |
  Location in Yemen  Queen Arwa Mosque (Middle East)  Queen Arwa Mosque (West and Central Asia) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 13°55′19.5″N 44°08′45.4″E / 13.922083°N 44.145944°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Islamic |
| Completed | 1111 C.E. (532 A.H.) 1358 C.E. (renovation) |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 2 |
| Minaret(s) | 2 |
The Mosque of Queen Arwa bint Ahmad Al-Sulayhi (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ٱلصُّلَيْحِي, romanized: Masjid Al-Malikah Arwā bint Aḥmad Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī), or simply the Queen Arwa Mosque, is a historical mosque in Jibla, Yemen. It was built between 1056 and 1111 C.E. by Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi and her tomb had later become the site of pilgrimage.[1][2][3] It retains its importance as one of the oldest ancient Yemeni mosques.[4] It is also known as Hurrat-ul-Malikah Mosque, as the queen was often referred as Al-Malika Al-Hurra, which means "The Noble Queen".
- ^ Muhammad Zakaria (1998) مساجد اليمن
- ^ Mernissi, Fatima; Lakeland, Mary Jo (2003), The forgotten queens of Islam, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-579868-5
- ^ Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
- ^ "Yemen" (PDF) (in Arabic). NIC.