The Mahmoudiya Mosque stands at 4 Ruslan Street in Jaffa and is the largest and most significant mosque in the town. It is a Sunni mosque in the Ottoman style. Its construction was ordered in 1730 by the governor Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalili, and most of the present mosque was built in 1812 by the Ottoman governor Muhammad Abu-Nabbut.
The complex is arranged around two large courtyards and a smaller third one. The western courtyard has arcades, and the prayer hall has two shallow domes. The mosque has six domes and one minaret in all. Roman columns from Caesarea and Ashkelon were reused in its construction. A fountain in the southern wall is attributed to Sulayman Pasha, the governor of Acre.
Around 1900 a new gate of the governors was added in the eastern wall. Shops now hide most of its outer walls.
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