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* ''{{transliteration|ar|Masjid Al-Malikah Arwā''}} ({{lang|ar|مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى}})
* ''{{transliteration|ar|Masjid Al-Malikah Arwā bint Aḥmad Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī''}} ({{lang|ar|مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ٱلصُّلَيْحِي}})
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| map_caption = Location in Yemen
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| location = [[Jibla, Yemen|Jiblah]], [[Yemen]]
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| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
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| region = [[South Arabia]]
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| province = [[Ibb Governorate]]
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| cercle = [[Jiblah (Ibb)|Jiblah]]
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The '''Mosque of Queen Arwa bint Ahmad Al-Sulayhi''' ({{lang-ar|{{Script|Arab|مَسْجِد ٱلْمَلِكَة أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ٱلصُّلَيْحِي}}|Masjid Al-Malikah Arwā bint Aḥmad Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī}}), or simply the '''Queen Arwa Mosque''', is a historical [[mosque]] in [[Jibla, Yemen|Jibla]], [[Yemen]]. It was built between 1056 and 1111 [[Common Era|CEC.E.]] by Queen [[Arwa al-Sulayhi]] and her tomb had later become the site of pilgrimage.<ref>Muhammad Zakaria (1998) ''مساجد اليمن''</ref><ref name="MernissiLakeland2003">{{citation |last1=Mernissi |first1=Fatima |last2=Lakeland |first2=Mary Jo |year=2003 |title=The forgotten queens of Islam |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-579868-5}}</ref><ref name="Unesco">{{citation |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1721/ |title=Jibla and its surroundings |publisher=[[UNESCO]] World Heritage Centre |access-date=2009-04-20}}</ref> It retains its importance as one of the oldest ancient Yemeni mosques.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yemen-nic.info/contents/Brief/images/ibb.pdf |title=Yemen |publisher=NIC |language=ar}}</ref> It is also known as ''Hurrat-ul-Malikah'' Mosque, as the queen was often referred as Al-Malika Al-Hurra, which means "The Noble Queen".
 
==History==
The construction of the mosque is attributed to Queen Arwa bint Ahmad al-Sulayhi, who ruled the [[Sulayhid dynasty|Sulayhid]] state of Yemen for the period between 1085 and 1138.<ref name="MernissiLakeland2003"/> When Queen Arwa moved to the city of Jibla in 1087, she ordered the conversion of Darthe AlPalace of {{transliteration|ar|Dār al-'EzzʿIzz}} ({{lang-ar|دَار ٱلْعِزّ|Dārlit=Home Al-ʿIzzof the Pride}}) Palace into a mosque. The mosque still retains its architectural and decorative elements of the time which show the extent of the influence of [[Fatimid architecture]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
 
==Architecture==
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==External links==
* [[:ar:مسجد الملكة أروى بنت أحمد الصليحي|In Arabic]]
* [https://www.art.com/products/p37125983680-sa-i9778542/queen-arwa-mosque-11th-century-jibla-ibb-governorate-yemen.htm Queen Arwa Mosque, 11th Century, Jibla, Ibb Governorate, Yemen]
 
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