Mahmoudiya Mosque

The Mahmoudiya Mosque stands in the old part of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, on the Mediterranean coast at Martyrs' Square, where the clock tower is located. Also called the Great Mosque of Jaffa, it is described in the sources as the largest and most significant mosque in the city. The two-storey building follows the Ottoman architectural tradition and has six domes and a single minaret. It forms the core of a complex of buildings arranged around two large courtyards and a smaller third one. Beside it stands a public fountain known as the Mahmoudiya Sabil or the Sabil of Sulayman Pasha.

The record gives 1730 as the year of construction. The Arabic source states that the mosque was completed in 1812 under Ottoman rule. According to the English source, the buildings, gates and courtyards of the complex were built in different stages across the 18th and 19th centuries, while Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. The present ensemble is therefore the product of several phases rather than a single period of building.