# Mahmoudiya Mosque > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mahmoudiya_Mosque > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mahmoudiya_Mosque.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoudiya_Mosque > Source revision: 1341587850 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Mosque in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel Mahmoudiya Mosque مسجد المحمودية מסגד מחמודיה Religion Affiliation Islam Branch/tradition Sunni Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque Status Active Location Location 4 Ruslan Street, Jaffa, Tel Aviv Country Israel Location of the mosque in Tel Aviv District, Israel Interactive map of Mahmoudiya Mosque Coordinates 32°03′18″N 34°45′20″E / 32.054917°N 34.75548°E / 32.054917; 34.75548 Architecture Type Mosque architecture Style Ottoman Founder Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalili (1730) Muhammad Abu-Nabbut (1812) Groundbreaking 1730 CE Completed 1812 Specifications Dome Six Minaret One The **Mahmoudiya Mosque** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): مسجد المحمودية; [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): מסגד מחמודיה) is the largest and most significant [mosque](/source/Mosque) in [Jaffa](/source/Jaffa), [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), in the [Tel Aviv District](/source/Tel_Aviv_District) of [Israel](/source/Israel). It is composed of a complex of buildings arranged around two large courtyards and a third, smaller, courtyard. The buildings, gates, and courtyards were built at different stages throughout the 18th and 19th centuries while [Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region)) was under [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) rule.[1] ## History Courtyard of the mosque Construction of the Mahmoudiya Mosque occurred in 1730 on the orders of governor Sheikh [Muhammad al-Khalili](/source/Muhammad_al-Khalili). A *[sabil](/source/Sebil_(fountain))* (fountain), embedded in the southern wall of the mosque, is attributed to [Sulayman Pasha](/source/Sulayman_Pasha_al-Adil), governor of [Acre](/source/Acre%2C_Israel) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1] Most of the current mosque was built in 1812 by the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) governor of [Gaza](/source/Gaza_City) and Jaffa, [Muhammad Abu-Nabbut](/source/Muhammad_Abu-Nabbut). The main courtyard, located in the western part of the mosque, with its arcades and large rectangular prayer hall covered by two big shallow domes, and with its slender [minaret](/source/Minaret) are accredited to him. Traces of earlier construction are hardly noticeable, but research contends that Abu-Nabbut's mosque was built on the foundations of a smaller mosque that belonged to the Bibi family of Jaffa.[1] The building reuses [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) columns from [Caesarea](/source/Caesarea_Maritima) and [Ashkelon](/source/Ashkelon).[2] ## Location The Mahmoudiya Mosque used to occupy the northeast corner of [Old Jaffa](/source/Old_Jaffa). In the middle of the 19th century, the walls of Jaffa were gradually dismantled, thus allowing for another major addition to the mosque to be made. Around the turn of the 20th century, the center of government moved to the east of the mosque, just outside the ancient walls. In order to facilitate access to the mosque from the government building, a new gate was built in the eastern wall of the mosque, facing the clock-tower plaza. The gate, named "the gate of the governors", reflects the design of Sabil Sulayman, built in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) in the 17th century by [Suleiman the Magnificent](/source/Suleiman_the_Magnificent).[1] Today, the exterior walls of the mosque are largely concealed by shops. However, in some places the two shallow domes of the prayer hall and the multitude of ancillary domes are still visible from the surrounding streets. The tall and refined silhouette of the minaret is still prominent in what remains of the fabric of Old Jaffa and its surroundings.[1] ## Gallery - Dome - Mihrab - Sabil Suleiman - Inside of the mosque - Ottoman design - Front of the mosque - Corridor of the mosque - Sundial - Entrance of the mosque - The minaret ## See also - [Islam portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Islam) - [Israel portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Israel) - [Islam in Israel](/source/Islam_in_Israel) - [List of mosques in Israel](/source/List_of_mosques_in_Israel) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_1-4) ["Masjid al-Mahmudiyya"](https://archnet.org/sites/3533). *ArchNet.org*. n.d. Retrieved March 25, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dumper, Stanley, and Abu-Lughod, 2007, p.202. ## Bibliography - Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce E.; [Abu-Lughod, J.](/source/Janet_Abu-Lughod) (2007). [*Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3SapTk5iGDkC&q=Cities+of+the+Middle+East). ABC-CLIO. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781576079195](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781576079195). - Kana`an, Ruba (2001). "Waqf, Architecture, and Political Self-Fashioning: The Construction of the Great Mosque of Jaffa by Muhammad Aga Abu Nabbut". In Necipoglu, Gülru (ed.). [*Muqarnas XVIII: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604200257/http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10380). Leiden: E. J. Brill. Archived from [the original](http://www.archnet.org/library/pubdownloader/pdf/10380/doc/DPC1870.pdf) (PDF) on June 4, 2011.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]) - Petersen, Andrew (2001). [*A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology)*](https://www.academia.edu/21539664). Vol. I. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). pp. [164−165](https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-727011-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-727011-0). ## External links Media related to [Mahmoudiya mosque in Jaffa](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mahmoudiya_mosque_in_Jaffa) at Wikimedia Commons v t e Mosques in Israel Central Herzliya Sidna Ali Lod Great Omari Ramla Great Tel Aviv Al-Bahr Hassan Bek Mahmoudiya Siksik Jerusalem West Nebi Akasha East (occupied territory) Abdeen Al-Aqsa (Qibli / Dome of the Rock) Al-Buraq Al Dissi Hayat Al-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Marwani Omar Al-Qaymariyya Northern Acre Al-Jazzar Al-Muallaq Haifa Mahmood Nazareth Nabi Saeen White Inactive Al-Jarina Mosque (partially destroyed in 2025) Maqam an-Nabi Yusha' (ruins) Sidna Omar Mosque (closed since 1967) White (ruins) Category List Islam in Israel Mosques by country --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mahmoudiya Mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoudiya_Mosque) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoudiya_Mosque?action=history)). 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