Damascus
The Sibaiyya Mosque was built between 1509 and 1515 by Sibay, the Mamluk governor of Damascus, as a mosque and madrasa. Finished a year before the Ottomans…
The Sibaiyya Mosque was built between 1509 and 1515 by Sibay, the Mamluk governor of Damascus, as a mosque and madrasa. Finished a year before the Ottomans entered the city, it is counted as the last great Mamluk building of Damascus, and the people of the city have long called it al-Sibahiyya. It stands on Darwishiyya street just outside Bab al-Jabiya, near the Darwish Pasha and Sinan Pasha mosques. Its facade is laid in the alternating black and white stone typical of Mamluk Damascus, and its tall minaret is a landmark at the western end of the old city. It remains in use as a mosque.