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Fulus Mosque
مسجد فلوس
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Mosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationDamascus, Damascus Governorate
CountrySyria
Map
Interactive map of Fulus Mosque
Coordinates33°29′52″N 36°18′00″E / 33.49778°N 36.30000°E / 33.49778; 36.30000
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleFatimid
Completed11th century
Minaret1

Fulus Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فلوس, romanized: Masjid Fulūs) or Abu Fulus Mosque,[1] is a 11th century Fatimid era mosque in Al-Midan District of Damascus, Syria.[2] It is famous for its Fatimid floral stucco decorations on its mihrab.[3][4][5]

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References

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  1. Burns, Ross (30 June 2009). The Monuments of Syria: A Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-85771-489-3.
  2. Mourad, Suleiman A. (5 August 2021). Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-86154-046-4.
  3. Amīn, Ḥasan (1900). Dāʼirat al-maʻārif al-Islāmīyah al-Shīʻīyah (in Arabic). Dār al-Taʻāruf lil-Maṭbūʻāt. p. 16.
  4. Les Annales archéologiques de Syrie (in Arabic). Direction générale des antiquités de Syrie. 1964. p. 35.
  5. al-Mibrad, Yūsuf ibn Ḥasan Ibn (1943). ثمار المقاصد فى ذكر المساجد (in Arabic). Al-Ma'had al-Ifrinsī bi-Dimashq. p. 128.