The White Mosque of Ramla was begun by the Umayyad governor Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik and completed by his successor Umar II in 720. The infobox names Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz as architect, but the text names none. The infobox dates the enclosure to 717.
The compound measures about 305 by 276 feet (93 by 84 m). The article lists white marble, cypress and cedar doors, and local stone. Only the minaret survives, five stories and 125 steps, about 89 feet (27 m) tall. The infobox dates it to 1268, and the text says the Mamluks built it.
An earthquake destroyed the mosque in 1034, and it was rebuilt by 1047. Saladin, Baibars and later Mamluks worked on it, and the last restoration ran from 1844 to 1918. The article gives no hours.
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