Aqsab Mosque

Aqsab Mosque
جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque and mausoleum
StatusActive
Location
LocationSarouja, Damascus
CountrySyria
Location of the mosque in Damascus
Interactive map of Aqsab Mosque
Coordinates33°31′05″N 36°18′40″E / 33.518041°N 36.311198°E / 33.518041; 36.311198
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleAyyubid
Completed1234 CE
Specifications
Minaret1
Shrines1: (Aqsab al-Sadat, or the seven Companions of the Prophet Mohammed)
MaterialsLimestone, basalt, metal, timber, plywood, porphyry, and marble

The Aqsab Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب, romanizedJāmiʿ al-ʾAqṣāb, lit.'Mosque of the Sugarcanes') is an Ayyubid-era Sunni mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria. The mosque is located on Suq Sarujiyya, outside the walls of the old city, near the Bab al-Salam gate.

The mosque houses a tomb dedicated to Aqsab al-Sadat, or the seven Companions of the Prophet Mohammed, as indicated by an inscription above the mausoleum door.