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201. Khatla | خطلة
al-Mafraq Governorate
Jāmi‘
JADIS no. 2318021
MEGA no. 6641 (jāmi‘ not registered as a site element)
Coordinates: 32°17'26.0"N 35°57'13.0"E
32.290556, 35.953611
Plan: square, praying hall with miḥrāb in qibla (S) wall (Rjoub - Housam 2013).
Measurements: 100 m2
Exterior: 10 x 10 m (Rjoub - Housan 2013).
Interior: unknown.
Building Materials: basalt, floor out of mud (Rjoub - Housan 2013). local yellowish-brown limestone, most of the massive, well-dressed blocks of pre-Islamic origin.
Construction details: post and beam roof system (Rjoub - Housan 2013).
Preservation: badly demolished by recent treasure hunters: The building has been dug down to the foundation levels which seem to be Hellenistic or Roman. The Weli is overshadowed by two old oak trees and surrounded by a large number of Muslim tombs, two of them seem to be very recent. Uphill a number of buildings of Islamic times, most of them houses with cave cellars. At one point is an accumulation of upright standing ancient column drums of limestone.
Inscription(s): none known.
Date(s): Ayyubid-Mamluk (Rjoub - Housan 2013).
Traveler Reports: none known (Steuernagel 1927 mentions the site without making reference to the maqām.
Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 373; Mittmann 1970, 115-116 no. 302; Muheisen - Turshan 1991, 20; Michel 2001, 423; Rjoub – Housan 2013, 477 no. 17.
