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Sayed al-Hashim Mosque

غزة, Italy

Sayed al-Hashim Mosque

The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque (Arabic: مسجد السيد هاشم, romanized: Masjid as-Sayed Hāshim; Turkish: Seyyid Haşim Camii) is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Gaza, in the State of Palestine, located in the ad-Darrāj Quarter of the Old City, off al-Wehda Street. The tomb of Hashim ibn Abd al-Manaf

, Muhammad's great grandfather who died in Gaza during a trading voyage, is located under the dome of the mosque according to Muslim tradition.

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