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Al-Muallaq Mosque

Mosque in Acre, Northern Israel

Summary

Mosque in Acre, Northern Israel

Field	Value
name	Al-Muallaq Mosque
native_name	المسجد المعلق
מסגד אל-מועלק
image	Al moaleq.jpg
image_upright	1
caption	The mosque in 2009
map_type	Israel northwest
map_size	250
map_relief	1
map_caption	Location of the mosque in northern Israel
mapframe	yes
coordinates
religious_affiliation	Islam
tradition	Sunni
location	Acre, Northern
festival
country	Israel
organisational_status
functional_status	Active
architecture_type	Islamic architecture
architecture_style	Ottoman
founded_by	Daher al-Umar
year_completed	1758 CE (as a mosque)
date_demolished
minaret_quantity	One: (partially demolished in 1950)
elevation_m

מסגד אל-מועלק

The al-Muallak Mosque (; ) also known as the Mosque of Daher al-Umar () is a mosque, located in Acre, in the northern district of Israel.

History

Up until 1746, the structure was used as a synagogue, called the Ramchal Synagogue, by Acre's Jewish residents.

Daher al-Umar, an Arab ruler of Acre, rebuilt the former synagogue as a mosque in 1758. It was built in a courtyard on the site of a structure commissioned by the Crusaders and which later became the gate to the Genoaese quarter of the city. The Jews owned the building when Daher chose to transform it into a mosque, but he compensated them by building a synagogue, located in Acre's Jewish quarter. Leftover features of the former synagogue include the niche for the Holy Ark and inscriptions in Hebrew.

Architecture

The mosque is positioned along the edge of Acre's Old City market, situated between Khan al-Umdan and Khan al-Ifranj, and is risen over the street. From the outside, the main indicators of the mosque are its low-lying dome and the round base of its former minaret. The mosque's entrance is located beneath the base of the original minaret. The minaret was demolished by the municipality of Acre in 1950, citing a public safety risk. The body of the mosque is mainly constituted by a large, square-shaped prayer hall, A triple-domed portico precedes the prayer hall's entrance. Beside the prayer hall is a smaller room that was used as a library. A stairway beneath a covered entryway leads into the courtyard.

References

"Acre: Religious and prayer sites". A Guide to Israel.
Sharon, Moshe. (1997). "Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP)". BRILL.
(n.d.). "Muallaq Mosque". ArchNet.

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