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135. Ḥazār | الحزّار

‘Ajlūn Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 2218033

MEGA no. 11400

Coordinates: 32°16'54.0"N 35°47'33.0"E

32.281667, 35.792500

 

 

Plan: miḥrāb in S wall, entrance from E; nearby a cistern, to the N an Islamic cemetery and caves (Qudah).

Measurements: 120 m2 (Qudah).

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: limestone.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: Entirely destroyed. During his visit on 16th March 2018, TMW-K has been informed that the land owner removed the mosque, located on a terrace immediately to the W on the late Ottoman mansion, to use the ground as a garden for fruit trees.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 291; Glueck 1939, 1939, 18-19: 242, site no. 370; MMU IV 321 (A. M. Qudah).

 
Fig. 135.1 View of the valley with the hamlet of Ḥazār from SE
Fig. 135.2 Detail view of one of the late Ottoman mansions at Ḥazār from E (TMW-K 2017).

Figures

[Fig. 135.1 ]
View of the valley with the hamlet of Ḥazār from SE

[Fig. 135.2 ]
Detail view of one of the late Ottoman mansions at Ḥazār from E (TMW-K 2017).