# Emir Assaf Mosque

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The **Emir Assaf Mosque** (Arabic: جامع الأمير منصور عساف), also called the **Babe al-Saraya Mosque** (*lit. Door of the Great Serial*), is a [mosque](/source/Mosque), located on Weygand Street, in the [central district](/source/Beirut_Central_District) of [Beirut](/source/Beirut), [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).

## History

The site chosen to build the mosque was on the site of the former Byzantine Church of the Holy Savior.[1]

This mosque was inaugurated by Emir [Mansur Assaf](/source/Assaf_dynasty#Reign_of_Mansur) in 1597, on the former Serail Square. The Old Serail and the bath complex were replaced by Souk Sursock in the 1880s, while the Bab al-Saraya gate was removed in 1915 to make way for the new Foch-Allenby commercial district. In 1934, the mosque’s ablution rooms were built on the west side, in alignment with the street leading to [Nejmeh Square](/source/Etoile_Square).[2][3] Post-war restoration of the mid-1990s lead to the renovation of the original western façade of the mosque.

## Architecture

The square shape of the mosque, its five-cupola roof, the [ablaq](/source/Ablaq) decoration of the entrance and the [muqarnas](/source/Muqarna) detailing of the windows are characteristic of Lebanese style.[4]

## See also

- [Islam in Lebanon](/source/Islam_in_Lebanon)
- [List of mosques in Lebanon](/source/List_of_mosques_in_Lebanon)
- [Foch-Allenby District](/source/Foch-Allenby_District)

## References

1. ["Amir Assaf Mosque"](https://www.cometolebanon.com/beirut/amir-assaf-mosque). *Come to Lebanon*. 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

1. Al-Wali, Sheikh Mohammad Taha (1973). *Tarikh al-masajid wal jawami’ al-sharifa fi Bayrout* (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Kotob.

1. Hallaq, Hassan (1987). *Bayrut al-mahrousa fil'ahd al-'uthmâni* [Beirut during the Ottoman Period] (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Jami'at.

1. Hallaq, Hassan (1987). *Al-tarikh alijtima'i wa al-siyasi wa al-iqtisadi fi Bayrut,* [Social, Political and Economic History of Beirut] (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Jami'at.

## External links

- ["Emir Assaf Mosque"](https://oldbeirut.com/post/139419104838/emir-assaf-mosque-1960s) (Historical photo). *Old Beirut*. 1960s. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

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