Al Badiyah Mosque
mosque in the United Arab Emirates
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Overview
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Al Badiyah Mosque is a historic mosque in the village of Al Bidya (also transliterated Al Badiyah or Al Bidiyah) in the United Arab Emirates. It is regarded as the oldest surviving mosque in the country and is still used for prayer. It is also known as the "Ottoman Mosque". The building was made entirely from local materials: large and small basalt stones for the walls, with fired clay used as the binding material. Four domes rest on a single central pillar. The prayer hall contains a small mihrab and a small minbar. The mosque is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
History
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The sources date the construction to around 1446, while another describes the building as roughly 500 years old. The mosque has survived since then and continues to serve as a place of worship.
From Wikipedia
Al Bidya Mosque (Gulf Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْبِدْيَة, romanized: Masjid Al-Bidyah, sometimes transliterated as Al-Bidiyah (ٱلْبِدِيَة) or Al-Badiyah (ٱلْبَدِيَة)) is a historical mosque in the village of Al Bidya Emirate of Fujairah, the U.A.E. At some 500 years old, it is the oldest mosque in the country, although ruins of a 1,000 year-old mosque have been found in Al Ain, in Abu Dhabi. It is located in the small village of Al-Badiyah or Al-Bidiyah, about 40 km (25 miles) north of the Emirate's capital city, and is also known as the "Ottoman Mosque".
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bidya_Mosque
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Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%DB%81