110. Fassū‘a / Fassū‘ah “al-Mabrūkah”| فصّوعة / المبروكة

Ma’ān Governorate

Hajj fort / Qal‘ā, Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 239008

MEGA no. 11626

Coordinates: 29°45'55.6"N 35°52'52.2"E

29.765447, 35.881153

Plan: The mosque in the upper floor is an almost square barrel vaulted liwān opened to the N to the courtyard. The miḥrāb is of segmental plan and occupies the center of the S wall.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone and basalt with mortar and plaster.

Construction details: irregular masonry of limestone and basalt field stones bound with mortar.

Preservation: ruined, mosque not in use for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): Petersen (2012, 156) reports an inscription above the entrance door citing a verse of the Qur‘an. Due to the bad condition of the slab he was unable to give a reading.

Date(s): unknown, probably early Ottoman.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Rashdan 2008, 149-150 figs. 4-5; Housan 2008, 202- 214. 110; Rawadiyah 2007, II, 296; Salameen 2010, 183 with fig. 3; Petersen 2012, 156.111-212; Shqour 2015, 208-213; Tabbah – Taylor 2016, 291; Shqour 2019, 390-392; Schick 2020 , no. 34.