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Talha Mosque Qubbat Talha | |
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قبة طلحة | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
District | Old City District |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | In use |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Sana’a |
Country | Yemen |
Geographic coordinates | 15°21′14″N 44°12′45″E / 15.3540°N 44.2124°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
General contractor | Ottoman Wali Hadji Mehmed Pasha |
Groundbreaking | 1619 |
Completed | 1620 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Talha Mosque or Qubbat Talha (Arabic: قبة طلحة, romanized: Qubbat Ṭalḥah), one of the oldest mosques in Sana'a (Yemen), was built by order of the Ottoman Wali Hadji Mehmed Pasha from 1619 to 1620, during the first Ottoman occupation. The minaret was built at the same time.[1]