212. Kufr Esad / Kufr Esayd / Kufr ‘Asad | كُفُر أسد

Irbid Governorate

Maqām / Weli Mūsā.

JADIS no. 2122097

MEGA no. 10697, maqām 47231

Coordinates: 32°35'44.0"N 35°42'57.4"E

32.595556, 35.715944

Plan: square with entrance from the N, each one centralized window in E and W walls; no miḥrāb in S wall. Tomb lined by hallow concrete blocks in the SW corner of the interior, oriented from E to W. A second anonymous but obviously older tomb related to the shrine in front of the SE exterior corner.

Measurements: ca. 36 m²

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: ca. 6 x 6 m.

Building Materials: industrially fabricated limestone. Concrete slabs reinforced by iron mats, dome casted in cement. The exterior is clad with regular limestone masonry, some of the blocks used in the S façade seem to be of ancient date in reuse.

Construction details: skeleton concrete technique.

Preservation: intact, but abandoned.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): Modern. The cemetery around the mausoleum dates to the 1960s.

Traveler Reports: None known.

Bibliography: unpublished.