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Description
Property Name: Al-Midhar Mosque
Inventory No: 967-5-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-31
Country (State party): Yemen
Province: Hadramaut
Town: Tarim
Geographic coordinates: 16° 3′ 16.29″ N
48° 59′ 53.96″ E
Historic Period: 20th century, 1st half
Year of Construction:
Style: Contemporary
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Al-Midhar mosque is a contemporary mosque with a 64 meters high minaret. The minaret is square in plan and it has Indonesian elements on it. The monument is built of mud bricks.
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.