Lettet K

207. Kufr Abīl | كُفُر أبيل

Irbid Governorate

Maqām / Weli adh-Dharīr

JADIS no. 2221043

MEGA no. 17461

Coordinates: 32°25'09.3"N 35°40'08.0"E

32.419250, 35.668889

 

 

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: The building mentioned by G. Schumacher is entirely destroyed and its place is occupied today by the tomb of Aḥmad adh-Dharīr, who died in H 1330/ 1912 AD. In the NW sector of the cemetery the inhabitant showed the students of the GJU survey on November 23rd, 2019 a well-covered with tree branches which is called bir adh-Dharir. According to the narratives, a building was once standing near-by where the women with their new born babies used to assemble and to pray for the health and long life of their babies; no trace of the building survives.

Date(s): Ottoman or earlier.

Traveler Reports: “Im Nordosten des Dorfes steht das Weli ed-Darīr, ein alter, sehr baufälliger Kuppelbau” (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 395.

 
Fig. 207.1 View of the old cemetery where the maqām weli of adh- Dharīr once was established (TMW-K 2019).
Fig. 207.2 Tomb of Aḥmad adh-Dharīr (died H 1330 1912 AD) in the old cemetery occupying the site of the destroyed funeral sanctuary of adh-Dharīr (TMW-K 2019).

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[Fig. 207.1 ]
View of the old cemetery where the maqām weli of adh- Dharīr once was established (TMW-K 2019).

[Fig. 207.2 ]
Tomb of Aḥmad adh-Dharīr (died H 1330 1912 AD) in the old cemetery occupying the site of the destroyed funeral sanctuary of adh-Dharīr (TMW-K 2019).