Mahmoudiya Mosque, Tel Aviv, Israel

Standing: High
Rank: Rank 82 of 1,855

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Mahmoudiya Mosque

The Mahmoudiya Mosque is the largest and most significant mosque in Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, and an active Sunni mosque. It is a complex of buildings around two large courtyards and a smaller third one, built in stages through the 18th and 19th centuries under Ottoman rule. Construction began in 1730 on the orders of governor Sheikh Muhammad al-Khalili, and most of the present mosque was built in 1812 by Muhammad Abu-Nabbut, the Ottoman governor of Gaza and Jaffa. It stands at 4 Ruslan Street, by the clock-tower square at the edge of Old Jaffa.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source

What's inside

Abu-Nabbut's work includes the main western courtyard with its arcades, the large rectangular prayer hall under two big shallow domes, and the slender minaret. The building reuses Roman columns brought from Caesarea and Ashkelon. A sabil (public fountain) set into the southern wall is attributed to Sulayman Pasha, governor of Acre. A later gate in the eastern wall, the 'gate of the governors', faces the clock-tower square. Today shops largely hide the outer walls, but the domes and the tall minaret can still be seen from the surrounding streets.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source