Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small historic mosque located along omar mukhtar street in gaza city in the zaytun quarter of the old city”. Today it says “small mosque located along omar mukhtar street in the zaytun quarter of the old city of gaza”.
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Katib al-Wilaya Mosque or Welayat Mosque ( Arabic : جامع الولايات ) was a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City , Palestine in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City. The mosque was built by the Burji Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date further back to 1344. Additions to the western part of the mosque were commissioned in 1584 by Ahmed Bey, the Ottoman clerk of the Damascus Vilayet (Province of Damascus). Damascus Vilayet's Arabic transliteration was Wilayat Dimashq , hence the name of the mosque Katib al-Wilaya ("the clerk of the state"). The mosque was damaged as part of the Bombing of the Gaza Strip , as result of the Israeli airstrike at the nearby Church of Saint Porphyrius.
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Welayat Mosque or Kateb al-Welaya Mosque ( ) is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City . The mosque was built by the Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date as far back as 1344. The western additions to the mosque were commissioned in 1584 by Ahmed Bey, the Ottoman clerk of Wilayat Dimashq, hence the name Kateb al Welaya ("the clerk of the state"). The minaret of the mosque is adjacent to the St.
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Katib al-Wilaya Mosque or Welayat Mosque ( ) is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City.The mosque was built by the Burji Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date further back to 1344.Additions to the western part of the mosque were commissioned in 1584 by Ahmed Bey, the Ottoman clerk of the Damascus Vilayet (Province of Damascus).Damascus Vilayet's Arabic transliteration is Wilayat Dimashq , hence the name of the mosque Katib al-Wilaya ("the clerk of the state").
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Katib al-Wilaya Mosque or Welayat Mosque ( ) is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City. The mosque was built by the Burji Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date further back to 1344. Additions to the western part of the mosque were commissioned in 1584 by Ahmed Bey, the Ottoman clerk of the Damascus Vilayet (Province of Damascus). Damascus Vilayet's Arabic transliteration is Wilayat Dimashq , hence the name of the mosque Katib al-Wilaya ("the clerk of the state").
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small historic mosque located along omar mukhtar street in gaza city in the zaytun quarter of the old city”. Today it says “small mosque located along omar mukhtar street in the zaytun quarter of the old city of gaza”. Read the current article and compare.
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small historic mosque located along omar mukhtar street in gaza city in the zaytun quarter of the old city
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small mosque located along omar mukhtar street in the zaytun quarter of the old city of gaza
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