Mu‘ādh Mosque – Old Ṣan‘ā’
مسجد معاذ- صنعاء القديم ة
Monument description
The Mu‘adh Mosque in the Old City of Sana‘a is considered one of the full-grown mosques east of the new Dar Mosque and west of Talha toward Al-Abhar, and it is in the Muadh direction. The Mosque is attributed to Imam Sharaf Al-Din in the first half of the 10th century.
Architectural and cultural value
Construction style and built date: The layout of this Mosque belongs to the style of mosques with a Prayer Hall covered by a flat roof of wooden beams resting directly on the capitals of stone columns and arches. The date of its construction is not known, but it is likely that it was built before the 10th century AH.
Components of the Mosque: Prayer Hall, small Minaret, Al-Manzilah, Berkah, Ablution Unit, Sabil and traditional baths.
- Justifications for intervention:
- 1 – Neglecting the competent authorities in carrying out periodic restoration work due to the lack of budgets for the repairs.
2 – Preserving the monument from disappearance and stopping the damage caused to the monument from expanding.
3 – Restoration of the damage to the mosque resulting from the flight strikes of the southern part of the old city of Sana’a.
4 – Contribute to the restoration of damaged monuments in a proper manner in order to keep Old Sana’a In the World Heritage List.
- Monument conditions:
- Damages resulting from the old building or building and time factors, damages resulting from wrong repairs, damages resulting from previous poor restoration, and damages resulting from water leakage into the mosque, and these damages include.
1 – Existence and cracking of a substance, Qadad in the water pool and walls and surfaces.
2 – Cracks on the roof of the prayer house.
3 – The problem of simple subsidence, moisture and salinity in the foundations.
4 – The collapse of some parts of the stone walls of the settlements and the northern gate of the pond
- Treatment:
- – Restoration and re-layer Alqodd in the affected places. Re-dressing and making a coast to drain rainwater on the northern facade.
– Reconstruct the dilapidated walls.
– stop longitudinal cracks
– Treating damaged foundations and solving the problem of moisture.
– Treating roofs and preventing rainwater intrusion.
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