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Saffahiyah Mosque

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The Al-Saffahiyah Mosque () is a mosque in Aleppo, located to the south-west of the Citadel, at "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, to the east of Al-Shibani Church-School. The mosque was built in 1425 under the patronage of Ahmed bin Saleh bin Al-Saffah on the ruins of an old mill, during the Mamluk period.http://www.esyria.sy/ealeppo/index.php?p=stories&category=places&filename=201009011345011 eAleppo:Al-Saffahiyah (in Arabic) Read more on Wikipedia

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