The Emir Munzer Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأمير منذر), also called the Amir Munzer Mosque and the Naoufara Mosque, referring to the fountain in its courtyard,[1] is a mosque, located in the central district of Beirut, Lebanon.
This mosque was constructed by Emir Munzer Al-Tannoukhi. The mosque was also known as Masjid Al-Naoufara. It has two entrances: the original 17th century arch portal from Souk Al-Bazarkhan, and a second entrance with three arches, added when the adjacent building was demolished to make way for the new Emir Fakhreddine Street (later renamed Riad Al-Solh Street).[3][4]
Eight Roman granite columns were re-used in the construction of the mosque’s courtyard. In 1749, the Shihab dynasty brothers, Emir Melhem and Emir Mansour, restored the building.[5] Partly damaged during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the mosque was restored in 2002.
^Al-Wali, Sheikh Mohammad Taha (1973). Tarikh al-masajid wal jawami’ al-sharifa fi Bayrout (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Kotob.
^Hallaq, Hassan (1987). Bayrut al-mahrousa fil'ahd al-'uthmâni [Beirut during the Ottoman Period] (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Jami'at.
^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
Cushman, Charles W. (1965). "Emir Munzer Mosque"(photo). Old Beirut. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
