Al-Atassi Mosque

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Al-Atassi Mosque
مَسْجِد ٱلْأَتَاسِيّ
The mosque in 2010
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationHoms
CountrySyria
Al-Atassi Mosque is located in Syria
Al-Atassi Mosque
Location of the mosque in Syria
Interactive map of Al-Atassi Mosque
Coordinates34°43′24″N 36°42′43″E / 34.7232°N 36.7119°E / 34.7232; 36.7119
Architecture
TypeIslamic architecture
StyleOttoman
FounderAbdul Latif Pasha al-Atassi
Funded byAl-Atassi family
Completed1913 CE
Construction cost
  • LS 50,000,000
  • (US$1,000,000)
Specifications
Capacity3,000 worshippers
Interior area3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft)
Domes18 total;
  • 1 large
  • 4 medium
  • 13 small
Minaret1
MaterialsAleppo marble; ivory
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The Al-Atassi Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْأَتَاسِيّ, romanized: Masjid al-ʾAtāsīy), also known as the Great Al-Atassi Mosque, is a mosque in Homs, Syria. It is situated in a public park on the site of a former graveyard at the foot of the mound on which the remains of the citadel stand.

Completed in 1913 CE, the mosque is named after Hashim al-Atassi, three-time Syrian President from the Al-Atassi family, a prominent landowning and politically active family from Homs. The mosque features a late Ottoman style that combines lead domes and slender hexagonal minarets. It is notable for the colors of the Aleppo marble in the mihrab and the ivory pulpit.[2]

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References

  1. مسجد الصحابي الجليل دحية الكلبي المعروف بمسجد آل الأطاسي أو آل الأتاسي. public.websites.umich.edu (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. "Great Al-Atassi Mosque". Syrian Treasures. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

Media related to Al-Atassi Mosque at Wikimedia Commons

  • "The Passing of a Syrian General Famed for Brutality". New Lines Magazine. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  • Parker, Joel (13 December 2016). "The Atassis of Homs: The rise and decline of one of Syria's founding families". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 7 (4). Tel-Aviv, Israel: Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel-Aviv University: 369–385.