Al-Muhdhar Mosque
Tarim, Yemen
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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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Al-Muhdhar Mosque is one of the historical mosques in the ancient city of Tarim, in the Hadramaut province of Yemen, built in 1420 from adobe. Attributed to the Muslim leader Omar Al-Mihdar bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Saqqaf, who lived in the city during the 15th century, the mosque represents the Islamic architectural traditions of medieval Yemen.
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- Built
- Type
- mosque
- Materials
- adobe
- Place
- Tarim, Yemen
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