Hama
بنى هذا المسجد بجوار نهر العاصي في حماة الملك المؤيد أبو الفداء إسماعيل سنة 727 هـ (1326م)، وهو أمير حماة الأيوبي وأحد كبار الجغرافيين والمؤرخين في الإسلام،…
This mosque beside the Orontes in Hama was built in 727 AH (1326) by al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Abu al-Fida Isma'il, the Ayyubid prince of Hama who was also one of the great geographers and historians of Islam, author of Taqwim al-Buldan and a well-known universal history. He passed away in 732 AH and was buried in the domed mausoleum beside the mosque. The people of Hama call it Jami' al-Hayyat, the Mosque of the Snakes, after a double column in its windows carved with intertwined serpents. It is a peaceful stop on a walk along the river and its famous waterwheels.