Aleppo
The Banqusa Mosque was begun in 788 AH (1386) by the merchant Khawaja Khas Bek and finished after his death by benefactors who added its tall minaret and…
The Banqusa Mosque was begun in 788 AH (1386) by the merchant Khawaja Khas Bek and finished after his death by benefactors who added its tall minaret and paved its courtyard with yellow marble. It was first called the New Mosque, to distinguish it from the older Haddadin Mosque nearby, and later took the name of the Banqusa quarter. In 828 AH Shaykh Ahmad ibn Musa al-Sa'di added a zawiya on its eastern side, where he is buried. The mosque stands about 60 metres east of Bab al-Hadid in the north-east of old Aleppo, near the Haddadin Mosque. It remains an active mosque of the quarter.