Al-Otrush Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الْأُطْرُوش, Jāmiʿ al-ʾUṭrūš) also known as ''Demirdash Mosque'', is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

in the Syrian city of Aleppo, located at the south of the

Citadel A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. I ...

, in "al-A'jam" district of the Ancient City, few meters away from

Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa (), is a madrasah complex located across from the Citadel entrance in the Ancient city of Aleppo, Syria. It is a religious, educational and funerary complex. It contains the tomb of sultan Malik al-Zaher the son of Ayyubid ...

. It was built at the end of the 14th century by the efforts of the

Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...

ruler of Aleppo; ''Aqbogha al-Otrush''. However, the mosque was completed by his successor ''Demirdash al-Nasiri''. The mosque is famous for its decorated façade and its entrance which is topped with traditional oriental motifs and Islamic

muqarnas Muqarnas ( ar, مقرنص; fa, مقرنس), also known in Iranian architecture as Ahoopāy ( fa, آهوپای) and in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture. It is the archetypal form of I ...

. The minaret of the mosque located to the left of the main entrance, has a round octangular shape.The wonders of al-Otrush Mosque
/ref> The mosque was renovated in 1922.

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