Mosque Name: Rahba Mosque
Country: Syria
City: Rahba
Year of construction (AH): 215
Year of construction (AD): 830
GPS: 35.00676 40.424521
Gibson Classification: Between
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
Description:
The Qibla Direction of this mosque is around 204 degrees so it faces a Between qibla.
Marie-Odile Rousset did the excavation. Her report is called: La mosquée de Rahba. This site is also known as Rehobat on the River in ancient times. There is a castle close to the mosque that interests most people. The mosque has been filled in with sand after the excavation.
The floor plan of the mosque, during the earliest times.
The nearby qasr or castle.
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