As-Sahabah Mosque
The As-Sahabah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الصحابة) is a mosque located at the Maydan Al-Sahaba Square in the city of Derna, Libya. It was built in the 1970s on the site of a cemetery containing the graves of the Sahaba who were slain by the Byzantine armies during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. Within the grounds of the mosque is an attached cemetery containing the tomb of Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi and at least seventy Muslim soldiers involved in the Battle of Mamma.
| As-Sahabah Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد الصحابة | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
| Modern 20th-century mosque built next to a 7th-century Muslim cemetery | |
| Location | |
| Location | Derna, Libya |
Shown within Libya | |
| Geographic coordinates | 32.7613837°N 22.6423723°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Style | Modern |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | Many (uncountable) |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Shrine(s) | 3 |
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