Umar b. Khattab Mosque (Medina): Difference between revisions

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==Architecture==
==Architecture==
The mosque building is square, and the height of its dome from the inside reaches about twelve meters.<ref name=":0">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87.pdf&page=248 Masajid al-Athariyya, p. 248]</ref> The architectural structure of the mosque is similar to [[Abu Bakr Mosque (Medina)|Abu Bakr Mosque]], which was built by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud in 1254 AH.<ref>Fusul min Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara, p. 152</ref> The exterior wall of the mosque is decorated with simple metal crenellations, and the interior wall, to a height of one and a half meters, has basalt (black) stone. The minaret of the mosque is located in the northwest corner of the wall. The area of the mosque is 335 square meters.<ref name=":0" />
The mosque has a square plan, and the interior height of its dome is approximately 12 meters.<ref name=":0">[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87.pdf&page=248 Masajid al-Athariyya, p. 248]</ref> The architectural structure of the mosque is similar to [[Abu Bakr Mosque (Medina)|Abu Bakr Mosque]], which was built by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud in 1254 AH.<ref>Fusul min Tarikh al-Madina al-Munawwara, p. 152</ref> The exterior wall of the mosque is decorated with simple metal crenellations, and the interior wall, to a height of one and a half meters, has basalt (black) stone. The minaret of the mosque is located in the northwest corner of the wall. The area of the mosque is 335 square meters.<ref name=":0" />


==Images==
==Images==