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Fatima Khatun Mosque

Mosque in Jenin, West Bank, Palestine

Field	Value
name	Fatima Khatun Mosque
native_name	مسجد فاطمة خاتون
native_name_lang	ar
image	Great Mosque of Jenin6.jpg
image_upright	1.4
caption	The mosque in 2013
map_type	West Bank
map_size	250
map_relief	1
map_caption	Location of the mosque in the West Bank
mapframe	yes
coordinates
religious_affiliation	Sunni Islam
location	Jenin, West Bank
country	Palestine
festival
organisational_status	Mosque
functional_status	Active
architecture_style	Ottoman
founded_by	Fatima Khatun
year_completed	1566
date_demolished
dome_quantity	1
minaret_quantity	1
elevation_m

The Fatima Khatun Mosque (), also known as the Great Mosque of Jenin (), is the main mosque of the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, in Palestine. Adjacent to the mosque is the still-active Fatima Khatun Girls' School.

History

A ruined mosque dating back to 636 CE stood on the site of the modern-day mosque. It was renovated during the Mamluk era in the 14th-century, but again fell into ruin.

The existing structure was founded in 1566 by Fatima Khatun, the wife of Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, the Bosnian governor of Damascus during the reign of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Fatima Khatun paid regular visits to the area, but took a particular liking to Jenin while traveling towards Jerusalem for pilgrimage. In the center of Jenin, she decided to have the building established atop the remains of the old mosque. Numerous religious trusts (waqf) including a local public bath (hamaam) and many of the nearby shops were designated to fund the Fatima Khatun Mosque thereafter.

References

Muhammad al-Humaidan, Iman. (2007). "Women and Waqf". Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation.
Irving, Sarah. (2012). "Palestine". Bradt Travel Guides.

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