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Description
Property Name:Al Ma’amar Mosque
Inventory No: 966-20-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-25
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Jeddah
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 21° 29′ 3.75″ N
39° 11′ 12.7″ E
Historic Period: 19th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1867
Style: Late Ottoman
Orginal Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Al-Me’mari mosque is in the old part of the town in Al-Alawi street. It was built by Mustafa Mi’mar Pasha who was the Ottoman governor of Jeddah in 1867. It has a rectangular prayer hall and a minaret which is on its south façade which is built with traditional coral-aggregate blocks.
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
Restored by department of Tourism and antiquities.
References
Website of Archnet, www.archnet.org