Hassan Bek Mosque: Ottoman Heritage
The Hassan Bek Mosque, also known as the Hassan Bey Mosque, is a well-known historical structure built by order of the Governor of Jaffa of the Ottoman Empire Hassan al-Basri Aljabi in the Palestinian city of Jaffa in 1914.
A mosque with Ottoman-style architecture was ordered to be built in the then Manshiya district.
Being cut off from the Muslim community by the dormitories and entertainment facilities built later around the mosque, it was reopened for worship in the late 1970s by Muslims living in Jaffa.
The imam of the Hassan Bey Mosque, Sheikh Ahmad Abu Ajwa, states: "The Hassan Bey Mosque is literally an Ottoman masterpiece. Anyone who looks at the structure of the mosque, from the entrance to the pulpit and the mihrab (a semicircular niche in the wall of the mosque, pointing to the Qibla, that is, the direction to the Kaaba in Mecca), will see that this is a colossal work. The prayer hall of the mosque accommodates about 3,000 people.
It is also worth saying that all the Palestinians and all our Muslim brothers from all over the world give full support to the mosque," the Imam added.
It is noteworthy that in 2009, the Turkish organization Mirasimiz, which is involved in the preservation of the Ottoman heritage in Jerusalem and the surrounding territories, in partnership with the Al-Aqsa Foundation, founded by Palestinian citizens of Israel, restored the eastern and north-eastern facades of the mosque and reconstructed the south-eastern wall of the mosque in accordance with Ottoman architecture.
A mosque with Ottoman-style architecture was ordered to be built in the then Manshiya district.
Being cut off from the Muslim community by the dormitories and entertainment facilities built later around the mosque, it was reopened for worship in the late 1970s by Muslims living in Jaffa.
The imam of the Hassan Bey Mosque, Sheikh Ahmad Abu Ajwa, states: "The Hassan Bey Mosque is literally an Ottoman masterpiece. Anyone who looks at the structure of the mosque, from the entrance to the pulpit and the mihrab (a semicircular niche in the wall of the mosque, pointing to the Qibla, that is, the direction to the Kaaba in Mecca), will see that this is a colossal work. The prayer hall of the mosque accommodates about 3,000 people.
It is also worth saying that all the Palestinians and all our Muslim brothers from all over the world give full support to the mosque," the Imam added.
It is noteworthy that in 2009, the Turkish organization Mirasimiz, which is involved in the preservation of the Ottoman heritage in Jerusalem and the surrounding territories, in partnership with the Al-Aqsa Foundation, founded by Palestinian citizens of Israel, restored the eastern and north-eastern facades of the mosque and reconstructed the south-eastern wall of the mosque in accordance with Ottoman architecture.