Tanki\u0304z Mosque is situated on the western bank of the Barada River, facing al-Marjah Square. This Mamluk architectural gem was commissioned in 1317 CE (717 AH) by Sayf al-Din Tanki\u0304z, the viceroy of the sultanate, to serve a bustling commercial district located just outside the old walls of Damascus.<\/p>\n
The western entrance is distinguished by its pyramidal muqarnas and vibrant colored marble panels, leading into a rectangular courtyard centered around a fountain and ablution basin. The mosque\u2019s octagonal minaret rises from a short base and transitions from a square to an octagon via protruding stone balconies\u2014a style reflecting the migration of architectural solutions from Cairo to the Levant.<\/p>\n
The mosque, known as al-Darwishiyya, underwent severe transformations\u060c between 1831 and 1925, it was converted into a military barracks during Ibrahim Pasha\u2019s campaign and later under the French occupation. Part of the roof was destroyed in a fire, and traces of this damage are still visible in the northern wing. Partial restoration efforts enabled the reopening of the prayer hall in 1937, and today, a community-led project supported by the Directorate of Antiquities is working to restore the stone fa\u00e7ade and revive the muqarnas decorations.<\/p>\n
One notable feature is Tanki\u0304z\u2019s tomb, marked by a rare Kufic-inscribed marble headstone, housed in a separate chamber. The mosque is also known for its two wooden waterwheels (na\u2018uratayn), which once lifted water to a now-lost endowment garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tanki\u0304z Mosque is situated on the western bank of the Barada River, facing al-Marjah Square. This Mamluk architectural gem was commissioned in 1317 CE (717 AH) by Sayf al-Din Tanki\u0304z, the viceroy of the sultanate, to serve a bustling commercial district located just outside the old walls of Damascus. The western entrance is distinguished by its pyramidal muqarnas and vibrant colored marble panels, leading into a rectangular courtyard centered around a fountain and ablution basin. The mosque\u2019s octagonal minaret rises from a short base and transitions from a square to an octagon via protruding stone balconies\u2014a style reflecting the migration of architectural solutions from Cairo to the Levant. The mosque, known as al-Darwishiyya, underwent severe transformations\u060c between 1831 and 1925, it was converted into a military barracks during Ibrahim Pasha\u2019s campaign and later under the French occupation. Part of the roof was destroyed in a fire, and traces of this damage are still visible in the northern wing. Partial restoration efforts enabled the reopening of the prayer hall in 1937, and today, a community-led project supported by the Directorate of Antiquities is working to restore the stone fa\u00e7ade and revive the muqarnas decorations. One notable feature is Tanki\u0304z\u2019s tomb, marked by a rare Kufic-inscribed marble headstone, housed in a separate chamber. The mosque is also known for its two wooden waterwheels (na\u2018uratayn), which once lifted water to a now-lost endowment garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,397],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-8458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-damascus","category-religious-monuments-damascus","tag-partially-destroyed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}