Al-Jazzar Mosque - Akko, Israel
N 32° 55.367 E 035° 04.220
36S E 693587 N 3644627
The Al-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque, in Akko was built in 1781
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Location: Israel
Date Posted: 05/13/2017
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The Al-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of Akko, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea.It is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar ("the Butcher").
Jazzar Pasha and his successor, Sulayman Pasha al-Adil, are both buried in a small graveyard adjacent to the mosque. In a shrine on the second level of the mosque, a single hair from Muhammad's beard is kept and shown on special ceremonial occasions.
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