The
Sidna Ali Mosque is a
Muslim place of worshipA mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, —...
located in the depopulated village of
Al-HaramAl-Haram, also called Sayyiduna Ali and Sidna Ali, was an Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on February 3, 1948...
on the beach in the northern part of
HerzliyaHerzliya is a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
in
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The
Sidna Ali Mosque is a
Muslim place of worshipA mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, —...
located in the depopulated village of
Al-HaramAl-Haram, also called Sayyiduna Ali and Sidna Ali, was an Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on February 3, 1948...
on the beach in the northern part of
HerzliyaHerzliya is a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
in
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
.
History
The mosque was originally a 13th century
MamlukA mamluk was a soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim Arab caliphs from the 9th to the 16th centuries. They were of mixed ancestry but mainly Kipchak Turks...
construction built in honour of one of
SaladinṢalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was a Kurdish Muslim who became the Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
s lieutenants who fought bravely against the
CrusaderThe Crusades were a series of religiously-sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between...
s and died in a battle on the hill on which the mosque now stands. His
shrineA shrine is a holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are venerated or worshipped. Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated...
is now housed within the building.
It now serves both at as a mosque and as a
religious schoolMadrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...
.
Architecture
During the turn of the century it was rebuilt as a
caravanseraiA caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey...
and went through restorations in 1992.