Hassan Bek Mosque
| Hassan Bek Mosque | |
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| Basic information | |
| Location |
 Jaffa, Israel
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| Geographic coordinates | 32°03′59.09″N 34°45′48.57″E / 32.0664139°N 34.7634917°ECoordinates: 32°03′59.09″N 34°45′48.57″E / 32.0664139°N 34.7634917°E |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Architectural style | Ottoman style |
| Completed | 1916 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Hassan Bek Mosque (Hebrew: מסגד חסן בק, Arabic: مسجد حسن بك), also known as the Hasan Bey Mosque, is one of the most well-known mosques of Jaffa, a city which is now part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality in Israel. It has been a site of much controversy, as demonstrated in recent years.
The Hassan Bek Mosque was built in 1916 at the northern boundary of Arab Jaffa with what in time became the Jewish metropolis of Tel Aviv, and its history is closely bound up with the various stages of the Arab-Jewish conflict, from its beginnings as a communal strife under Ottoman and British rule and up to the present. It has been on various occasions the subject of heated debate and eventful controversy, and has a deep symbolic and emotional meaning to Jaffa Arabs.
Its Ottoman-style architecture contrasts sharply with the contemporary modern high-rises situated near it. It is located between Neve Tzedek neighbourhood and the Mediterranean Sea, on the fast road to Jaffa.
The Hassan Bek Mosque was built in 1916, by Jaffa's Turkish-Arab governor of the same name. At the time, Arab Jaffa and the recently founded Jewish Tel Aviv were both competitively expanding and seeking to block each other; the mosque was part of Manshiyya, Jaffa's northernmost neighbourhood which spread northwards along the Mediterranean seashore.
The governor of Jaffa who had the mosque built is named as Hassan Bey or Bek, Hassan Bey al-Basri, or Hassan Bey al-Basri al-Ghabi (or Jabi). Hassan Bey headed Jaffa between August 1914 and May 1916.
The mosque was built on a plot of land selected and confiscated by Hassan Bey from its Arab Christian owner, which he re-registered in his own name. On his orders, building materials were plundered from construction sites in the area, and the work force consisted of people, mainly Muslims, grabbed by force from the streets.
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