The Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana (Arabic: مسجد ابراهبم تربانة, romanized: Masjid Ibrāhym Terbānā) also known as the Terbana Mosque, is an Egyptian mosque in Alexandria built in 1684–1685[1][2][3][4] by a Moroccan merchant named Hajj Ibrahim Terbana.[5][6][7]
| Ibrahim Terbana Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد ابراهيم تربانة | |
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | El Gomrok |
| Location | |
| Location | Alexandria |
| Country | Egypt |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1684-1685 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
Location
editThe Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana is located in Faransa Street,[8][9] in El Gomrok district.[10][11]
Restoration
editRestorations on the mosque have started to take place since 2010.[12] 23 Million Egyptian pounds have been invested into the restoration for the aim of protecting the mosque from people encroaching on the sanctity of the mosque.[13]
Architecture
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The building has two floors, the ground floor is occupied with shops, the mosque itself is in the first floor which makes it a so-called "hanging mosque".[14] The exterior of the mosque is white, except for the doorway which is built from brick painted red and black in the Delta Style.[15][16] The wooden door is below a pointed trefoil blind arch that is consists of and is surrounded by painted red and black brickwork that forms geometric motives.
The mosque's minaret is supported by two Corinthian capital antique columns.[17][18][19] The right capital incorporates a small face with a widely opened mouth.[20] The minaret's square socle above the columns leads to an octagonal section above it which is covered by a terrace. On top of it is a cylinder shaped section.[14]
The rectangular prayer hall is separated by two rows of each four columns and covered by a decorated wooden ceiling.[14] The mihrab is covered with ceramic tiles in North African style[14] with floral motives.[6][21]
References
edit- ^ Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, Trudy Ring (5 March 2014). Middle East and Africa. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781134259861.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jones, Dalu (1978). Tile pictures in North Africa. Jones. ISBN 9780906468012.
- ^ Lee, Sattin, Jessica, Anthony (2012). Lonely Planet Egypt. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-83758-286-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Richardson, Jacobs, Dan, Daniel, Jessica (2003). Egypt. Rough Guides. p. 599. ISBN 9781843530503.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Grady, Ellen (30 December 2021). EGYPT GUIDEBOOK A Traveller's Guide to the Land of History and Mystery. Notion Press. ISBN 9781685389833.
- ^ a b محمد عبد الغنى (31 July 2023). "مسجد "تربانة" أقدم المساجد العثمانية المعلقة بالإسكندرية" [Terbana Mosque, the oldest Ottoman style hanging mosque in Alexandria]. Ahram Online (in Arabic).
- ^ "The Hanging Mosque of Tarbana...a tourist attraction that takes Alexandria back to the Ottoman era". Asharq Al-Awsat.
- ^ Hans-Günter Semsek (2010). Ägypten: die klassische Nilreise. DuMont Reiseverlag. ISBN 978-3-7701-7283-2.
- ^ Deus Loci (1986). On Miracle Ground II. Deus Loci.
- ^ "Neglect strikes the hanging mosques in Alexandria".
- ^ "built in the 17th century.. Antiquities remove encroachments on the Tarbana Mosque in Alexandria". masrawy.com.
- ^ "Restoration of Tarbana mosque Alexandria - Egypt". The Arab Contractors. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Restoration of the Tarbana Mosque in Alexandria, Egyptian Presidency website page". presidency.eg.
- ^ a b c d Alexandria & Cairo. Umayyad Route (PDF), 2016, p. 65, Wikidata Q130469817
- ^ Michael Haag (1981). Travelaid Guide to Egypt. Travelaid. ISBN 978-0-902743-14-4.
- ^ Forster, Edward (2 February 2024). Alexandria: A Tapestry of Lives Intertwined in a Changing City. Namaskar Book.
- ^ Egypt ( DK Eyewitness Travel Guides).
- ^ Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs (September 2011). The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids. Penguin. ISBN 9781405386371.
- ^ Eva Ambros (2001). Egypt. Hunter Publishing. ISBN 9783886181407.
- ^ See this photo.
- ^ This page shows a photo of the mihrab.
