The El-Jazzar Mosque in Acre was ordered in 1781 by Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar, the governor of the Sidon and Damascus provinces. He had no architectural training, drew the plans and supervised construction, using Greek masons he commissioned. The article says it was completed within that year. The infobox lists the style as Ottoman, and the historian Nur Masalha describes a mix of Ottoman, Byzantine, Palestinian and Persian styles.
The builders used marble and granite from Caesarea, Atlit and medieval Acre, and the mosque stands over former prayer houses and Crusader buildings. The only stated measurement is a minaret staircase of 124 steps. It was first named Masjid al-Anwar, and its complex once included a theological academy, an Islamic court and a public library.
A mausoleum and graveyard hold the tombs of Jazzar Pasha and Sulayman Pasha.
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