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Description
Property Name: Al Mu’allaq Mosque
Inventory No: 961-6-10
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-25
Country (State party): Lebanon
Province: Tripoli
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 34° 25′ 56.64″ N
35° 50′ 31.08″ E
Historic Period: 16th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1559
Style: Classical Ottoman
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Mu’allaq Mosque is one of the important monuments of Ottoman Tripoli. The mosque gets its name because of its unusual position of being hanged on a narrow street.
Selection Criteria
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
Commissioned by the Ottoman governor of the City and built in 1556, this mosque has an octagonal minaret with two black stone stripes and two upper balconies.
The prayer hall unusually stretches across the street, with bustling shoppers passing underneath.
Open to prayers.
References
Tadmuri, Omar Abdel Salam; Salame-Sarkis, Hassan. Tripoli the Old City: monuments survey-mosques and madrasas: a sourcebook of maps and architectural drawings.
Website of Archnet, http://archnet.org
The Tripoli Internet Database, http://tripoli-city.org