Author
Al-Omari, Amal Muhammad, Jaber, Fawzia Tarban Jabrouni, Al-Taish, Ali Ahmed Ibrahim
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2356-9654
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_1059629
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The ancient mosque in the city of Derna is considered one of the most prominent Islamic monuments in Libya. It is located in the Al-Bilad neighborhood in the middle of the old city of Derna. It was built by Hajj Muhammad bin Haj Mahmoud Bey Al-Qarmanli in the year 1081 AH / 1663 AD. He was born in the city of Derna. “Muhammad Bey” was appointed governor of Derna and Benghazi in the late first Ottoman era in the period (1081 - 1108 AH). 1670 - 1696 AD). This mosque was called the Old Mosque because it is the oldest mosque in the city of Derna. It was also known as the Bey Mosque in reference to its creator, Muhammad Bey. It was also called the Great Mosque because of its large area, size, and splendor on the one hand, and its being the largest landmark in the city on the other hand. It was also sometimes known as the Al-Bilad Mosque because it was located in the Al-Bilad neighborhood. The importance of the mosque is due to its huge, luxurious, marble domes and columns, in addition to its large area, as it can accommodate about 2,000 worshipers. It also demonstrated the strength of the structure, the precision of engineering, and the beauty of Islamic architecture. It also represents a mixture between the style introduced in mosque architecture in the Ottoman era and the local style, as the mosque follows the unconventional mosque style (with arcades without a courtyard), and it is a rectangular area in plan divided into Seven corridors and six vertical naves parallel to the qibla wall. From the top of it emanating vertical semicircular arches parallel to the qibla wall divided the ceiling area into forty-two square areas. Each area was covered with a shallow dome (in the Aghlabid style) based on corner squinches. It was simple and completely devoid of openings and any decorations. The mosque includes a minaret located at the eastern end of the northern façade of the mosque. It consists of a square-shaped base surmounted by an octagonal hull, followed by a corridor resulting from the retreat of the third floor of the minaret, which was replaced by a balcony in order for the muezzin to stand. This corridor surrounds the minaret’s pediment, which is cylindrical in shape, crowned with a conical peak in the form of the pointed (pencil) peaks of the Ottoman minarets, ending with a metal column and a crescent. A pulpit made of soot wood was also found, the edges and sides of which were engraved with exquisite carvings. The research aims to study and publish this mosque for the first time. The research follows the descriptive and analytical method.
Görüntüle
Majallat al-ʻimārah wa-al-funūn wa-al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2020 (19), p.104-130
