List of mosques in Yemen

This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Aidrus MosqueCity of Adenlate 15th or early 16th Century[1]
Al-Asha'ir MosqueZabid, Al-Hudaydah628One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2]
Al-Muhdhar MosqueTarim, Hadhramaut1914With a height of apporximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3][4][5]
Qubbat Bayt Az-Zum MosqueJiblah, Ibb921 A.H.[6]One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[7]
Queen Arwa MosqueJiblah1111Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi.[7]
Al-Hadi MosqueCity of Sa'dah897
Sa'ada MosqueSa'dah ?
Alansar MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Bakiriyya MosqueSanaa1596–1597Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[8]
Albolaily MosqueSanaa ?
Alemaan MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Mahdi MosqueSanaa1651Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[8]
Al-Saleh MosqueSanaa2008The largest mosque in the country.[9][10]
Al-Shohada' MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Towheed MosqueSanaa ?
Great Mosque of Sana'aSanaa7th-8th CenturyPart of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[8]
Hanthel MosqueSanaa ?
Ashrafiya MosqueCity of Ta'iz1275
Al-Janad MosqueTaiz7th-century
Mudhaffar MosqueTaiz13th Century
Talha MosqueTaiz1620[11]

See also

References
  1. Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue (24 ed.). London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd. 1959. p. 1.
  2. "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. "Tarim ... the town of mosques and schools". Yemen Times. November 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
  4. "مسجد المحضار". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. "مسجد المحضار..منارة تناطح السحاب من "الطين" بتصميم أحد الشعراء". Poetry News Agency (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07.
  6. الحسني, أحمد (2005-01-17). "جبـــــــــــلة .. ثلاثية المرأة والأفيون والمآذن". Almotamar (in Arabic). Jiblah, Yemen. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
  8. "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  9. "Al Saleh Mosque". Official Website of Yemen Tourism. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  10. Al-Omari, Moneer (24 November 2008). "Yemen's Grandest Mosque Inaugurated". Yemen Post. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  11. "Mosque and Hammam Al-Mudhaffar". World Monuments Fund. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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