The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Department of Mosques, opened the historic mosque in the old Umm Al Qhab area in December.
The ministry said that this step came after the completion of comprehensive maintenance work on the mosque, under the supervision of the Department of Engineering Affairs, in coordination with the Qatar Museums’ Architectural Conservation Department, and with funding from the General Directorate of Endowments. The ministry noted that the historic mosque, numbered (MS 396), includes a main prayer hall that can accommodate 34 worshipers, and the mosque’s liwan can accommodateapproximately 34 worshipers.
The mosque includes a courtyard that extends over an area of 120 square meters, and a minaret with an archaeological character is erected on its southeastern corner. (QNA) page 2
