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Description
Property Name: Al-Hadi Mosque
Inventory No: 967-1-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-25
Country (State party): Yemen
Province: Sa’dah
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 16° 56′ 16.47″ N
43° 45′ 55.1″ E
Historic Period: 9th century, 1st half, Zaydi
Year of Construction:
Style: Zaydi
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
One of the oldest mosques in Yemen, the Al-Hadi mosque dates back to the 9th century. The tomb of Al-Hadi Yahia Bin Al-hussain stands inside the mosque. It was also a school for theological studies and an important center for learning Zaydism. An important feature of the mosque is that its mihrab is on two levels. This hypostyle structure is square in plan and it has a central rectangular courtyard. In the middle of the 13th century, a u-shaped prayer hall was added to the north of the mosque.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
Finster, Barbara, An Outline of the History of Islamic Religious Architecture in Yemen, Yemen, 1992