List of mosques in Yemen

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List of mosques in Yemen

This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Aidrus MosqueThumbCity of Aden1699Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.[1]
Al-Asha'ir MosqueThumbZabid, Al-Hudaydah628One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2]
Al-Muhdhar MosqueThumbTarim, Hadhramaut1914With a height of approximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3][4][5]
Qubbat az-Zum MosqueThumbJiblah, Ibb1515–1516One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[6][7]
Queen Arwa MosqueThumbJiblah1111Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.[7]
Al-Hadi MosqueThumbCity of Sa'dah897
Sufyan MosqueThumbLahij1215Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.[8][9]
Alansar MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Bakiriyya MosqueThumbSanaa1596–1597Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Abdulhadi as-Soudi MosqueThumbTaiz16th centuryNamed for Abdul Hadi as-Soudi, a prominent poet and Muslim scholar involved in Sufism. Destroyed by Islamists in 2016, and currently still in ruins as of 2020.
Alemaan MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Mahdi MosqueThumbSanaa1651Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Al-Saleh MosqueThumbSanaa2008The largest mosque in the country.[11][12]
Al-Shohada' MosqueSanaa ?
Al-Towheed MosqueSanaa ?
Great Mosque of Sana'aThumbSanaa7th-8th CenturyPart of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Hanthel MosqueSanaa ?
Ashrafiya MosqueThumbCity of Ta'iz1275
Al-Janad MosqueThumbTaiz7th-century
Mudhaffar MosqueThumbTaiz13th Century
Talha MosqueThumbTaiz1620[13]
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