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The mosque contains the tomb of Hashem Ben Abd Manaf, the Grandfather of the Prophet Mohammed. It was built by the Memlukes and renovated by the Sultan Abdul Hamid in the year 1850 AD (1268 Hijra). Gaza was called Hashem's Gaza, after him.
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