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Nabi Habeel Mosque

Also known as: مسجد النبي هابيل

Mosque in Damascus, Syria

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1599
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Nabi Habeel Mosque, also called the Mosque of the Prophet Abel, is a mosque and shrine dedicated to Habeel. It stands in the western mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, in the Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) region of Syria, with Medaya given as its locality. The site overlooks the villages of the Barada River valley, known as Wadi Barada. Its recorded address lies on the Barada Valley Road in the Az-Zabadani District.

History

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The mosque is recorded as having been built in 1599.

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The Nabi Habeel Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلنَّبِي هَابِيْل, romanized: Masjid An-Nabī Hābīl; Turkish: Nebi Habil Camii), or "Mosque of the Prophet Abel", is a shrine and Islamic mosque dedicated to Habeel, located on the west mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the villages of the Barada river (Wadi Barada),which are 15, Souk Wadi Barada, Burhlyia, kafer Alawammed, Alhusinia,Der kanon,Kfir Alzayt, Der Mkareen, Ein Alfiga, Ein Alkadra, Bascima,Alashrafia, Jdaida Alshaybani, Alhameh, kudsaia, Dummer in Syria, the Levant.

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