White Mosque of Ramle
| White Mosque | |
|---|---|
المسجد الأبيض המסגד הלבן | |
Minaret of the White Mosque, 2006 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Ramla, Central District |
| Country | Israel |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°55′39.21″N 34°51′57.67″E / 31.9275583°N 34.8660194°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz |
| Type | Islamic |
| Style | Umayyad, Mamluk |
| Completed | 717 CE (enclosure); rebuilt by 1047; second phase 1190; third phase 1268 (minaret); rebuilt 1318 and 1408 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Minaret height | 27 metres (89 ft) |
The White Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الأبيض, romanized: al-Masjid al-Abyad; Hebrew: המסגד הלבן, romanized: HaMisgad HaLavan) was an Umayyad-era mosque located in Ramle, Israel. Only its minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an Islamic prophet, Salih.
The minaret is also known as the Tower of the Forty Martyrs. Islamic tradition dating back to 1467 claims that forty companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad were buried at the mosque, which influenced an erroneous Western Christian tradition from the 16th century that the White Mosque was originally a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.