Damascus Umayyad Mosque - Mineret of the Bride

the muezzin cry
calls out from the Minaret
at the northern wall

The Minaret of the Bride was the first one built and is located on the mosque's northern wall. The exact year of the minaret's original construction is unknown. The bottom part of the minaret most likely dates back to the Abbasid era in the 9th century.

In 831, the northern minaret (Madhanat al-'Arous; "Minaret of the Bride") was constructed. The Minaret of the Bride was the first one built and is located on the mosque's northern wall. This minaret is used by the muezzin for the call to prayer(adhan) and there is a spiral staircase of 160stone steps that lead to the muezzin's calling position. The lower part of this minaret is still in its original form; the middle part was an Ayyubid addition built after the fire of 1174.