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==The Older Uthman Mosque==

Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabawi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of Masjid al-~~Nabawi~~ and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the current mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost.

Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabawi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the current mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost.

The exact date of the establishment of the old Uthman Mosque is unknown, but 'Ali b. Musa mentioned the existence of a mosque named 'Uthman b. 'Affan in the Sultaniyya Fortress in Medina in 1303 Lunar Hijri / 1885 CE, describing it as a mosque with one minaret;<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87.pdf&page=16 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 16]</ref> a fortress that Sultan Sulayman al-'Uthmani (reigned 926-974) had built in the 10th century. It is said that the soldiers inside the fortress prayed in this mosque.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7.pdf&page=138 Tārīkh Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Qadīman wa Ḥadīthan, p. 138 and 134]</ref> Some researchers have considered this mosque to have been built at the site of the [[Musalla Mosque|Prophet's Musalla]] in the 1th AH; a place that was originally the house of Hakim b. al-'Adāʾ and was called Dar Abi Yasar.<ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 85 and 78</ref><ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 76.</ref>

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 ==The Older Uthman Mosque==
-Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabawi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of Masjid al-Nabawi and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the current mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost.
+Before the present Uthman Mosque (which is south of Masjid al-Nabawi), there was an older mosque with the same name, located in the northwestern area of [[Masjid al-Nabi]] and inside the Sultaniyya Fortress.<ref>Fuṣūl min Tārīkh al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 52</ref> The old Uthman Mosque can be considered completely separate from the current mosque, whose history exists but whose building is lost.
 The exact date of the establishment of the old Uthman Mosque is unknown, but 'Ali b. Musa mentioned the existence of a mosque named 'Uthman b. 'Affan in the Sultaniyya Fortress in Medina in 1303 Lunar Hijri / 1885 CE, describing it as a mosque with one minaret;<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87.pdf&page=16 Waṣf al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, p. 16]</ref> a fortress that Sultan Sulayman al-'Uthmani (reigned 926-974) had built in the 10th century. It is said that the soldiers inside the fortress prayed in this mosque.<ref>[https://wikihaj.com/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D8%AD%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7.pdf&page=138 Tārīkh Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Qadīman wa Ḥadīthan, p. 138 and 134]</ref> Some researchers have considered this mosque to have been built at the site of the [[Musalla Mosque|Prophet's Musalla]] in the 1th AH; a place that was originally the house of Hakim b. al-'Adāʾ and was called Dar Abi Yasar.<ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 85 and 78</ref><ref>Ma'ālim al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Bayna al-'Imārah wa al-Tārīkh, part 4, vol. 2, p. 76.</ref>