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|caption=The ''minaret'' of Nur al-Din Mosque
|building_name=Nur Al-Din Mosque<br/>جامعجَامِعُ نورنُورِ الدينالدِّينِ
|location={{flagicon|Syria}} [[Hama]], [[Syria]]
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The '''Nur Al-Din Mosque''' ({{lang-ar|جامعجَامِعُ نورنُورِ الدينٱلدِّينِ|Jāmiʿ Nūr ad-Dīn}}, transliteration: ''Jami Nur al-Din'') is a [[Zengid]]-era [[mosque]] in [[Hama]], [[Syria]].<ref name="ADL">[http://archnet.org/sites/1856 Nur al-Din Mosque] Archnet Digital Library.</ref> It was founded by [[Nur ad-Din (died 1174)|Nur al-Din]] in 1163-64 CE. It also contained a historic ''[[minbar]]'' from the same date, which is now held at the local Hama Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hafian|first=Waal|title=Minbar|url=http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01_B;44;en|access-date=October 18, 2020|website=Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers}}</ref>
 
The mosque was profoundly damaged in the [[Hama massacre|1982 shelling]] of the city and subsequently restored to its current state.
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