English: The historical al-Husseini mosque at King Talal Street 1 in Amman, Jordan. Built in 1924 on the site of an older mosque, built by Omar Ibn al-Khatab, the second Caliph of Islam, and probably also the site of the cathedral of Byzantine Philadelphia. Also known as "Grand Husseini Mosque" and "The Grand Mosque of Husseini", it is named for Sharif Hussein bin Ali, the leader of the 1916 Arab Revolt and father of Jordan's first king.

• Mukaddasi, in 985, writes:

"Amman, lying on the border of the desert, has round it many villages and cornfields. The Balkah district, of which it is the capital, is rich in grain and flocks ; it also has many streams, the waters of which work the mills. In the city near the marketplace stands a fine mosque, the court of which is ornamented with mosaic. We have heard said that it resembles that of Makkah. The Castle of Goliath is on the hill overhanging the city, and therein is the Tomb of Uriah,* over which is built a mosque. Here, likewise, is the Circus of Solomon. Living here is cheap, and fruit is plentiful. On the other hand, the people of the place are illiterate, and the roads thither wretched. But the city is even as a harbour of the desert, and a place of refuge for the Badawin Arabs." (Muk., 175 ; quoted also by Yak., iii. 760.) Palestine under the Moslems. A description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, Alexander P. Watt for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1890, p.392