The Mu'allaq Mosque (Arabic: المسجد المعلق) is a mosque, located in Tripoli, in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
It was commissioned by the Ottoman governor of Tripoli Mahmud Lutfi al-Za'im and constructed in 1559[1][2] in the early time of Ottoman Syria under Suleiman the Magnificent.
Above the door, a foundation inscription on stone is installed mentioning the completion of the mosque in Rabi' al-Awwal of AH 969 (November/December 1561).
The inscription reads:[4] الاخر واقام الصلاة واتى الزكاة ولم يخش الا الله فعسى اوليك ان يكونوا من المهتدين انشا هذا الجامع المبارك العبد الفقير محمود ابن المرحوم لطفي الزعيم رحمه الله The mosque has an octagonal minaret that is decorated by two bands of black stone.
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