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Description
Property Name: Masjid Dhul Hulayfah
Inventory No: 966-4-5
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2010-05-22
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Madinah
Town: Madinah
Geographic coordinates: 24° 24′ 49″ N
39° 32′ 34″ E
Historic Period: Umayyad
Year of Construction: 705
Style: Umayyad
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Several names were given to this Mosque such as Ihram Mosque or Miqat mosque as it is the place where people coming from Medina wishing to perform Umrah or Hajj enter into Ihram before they set for Mecca and it is one of the Miqats assigned by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Also known as Abyar Ali because Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib (R) dug wells when he stayed at Dhul Hulayfa during the era of Caliph Othman Ibn Affan.
Selection Criteria
i. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius
iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history
State of Preservation
It is a very well preserved mosque.
References
الحسين، فهد بن علي. آثار المنطقة الشرقية (وكالة الآثار والمتاحف، الرياض 1423هـ/2003م)