Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana

The Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana (Arabic: مسجد ابراهبم تربانة, romanized: Masjid Ibrāhym Terbānā) also known as the Terbana Mosque, is an Egyptian mosque in Alexandria built in 1684–1685^[1][2][3][4] by a Moroccan merchant named Hajj Ibrahim Terbana.^[5][6][7]

Ibrahim Terbana Mosque
مسجد ابراهيم تربانة
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	El Gomrok
Location
Location	Alexandria
Country	Egypt
Architecture
Completed	1684-1685
Minaret(s)	1

Location

The Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana is located in Faransa Street,^[8][9] in El Gomrok district.^[10][11]

Restoration

Restorations on the mosque have started to take place since 2010.^[12] 23 Million Egyptian pounds have been invested into the restoration for the aim of protecting the mosque from people encroaching on the sanctity of the mosque.^[13]

Architecture

Street doorway of the mosque with the geometric brickwork

The building has two floors, the ground floor is occupied with shops, the mosque itself is in the first floor which makes it a so-called "hanging mosque".^[14] The exterior of the mosque is white, except for the doorway which is built from brick painted red and black in the Delta Style.^[15][16] The wooden door is below a pointed trefoil blind arch that consists of and is surrounded by painted red and black brickwork that forms geometric motives.

The mosque's minaret is supported by two Corinthian capital antique columns.^[17][18][19] The right capital incorporates a small face with a widely opened mouth.^[20] The minaret's square socle above the columns leads to an octagonal section above it which is covered by a terrace. On top of it is a cylinder shaped section.^[14]

The rectangular prayer hall is separated by two rows of each four columns and covered by a decorated wooden ceiling.^[14] The mihrab is covered with ceramic tiles in North African style^[14] with floral motives.^[6][21]