Letter K

213. Kufr Iūbā / Yūbā | كُفُر يوبا

Irbid Governorate

Masjid Khāled ibn Walīd

JADIS no. 2221045

MEGA no. 5912: 28736 (masjid not registered)

Coordinates: 32°52'32.8"N 35°47'48.0"E

32.5418468, 35.7983789

 

 

 

Plan: rectangular.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: intact, daily used for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): a modern sign above the entrance:

 

Date(s): The modern inscription gives as date of the foundation the year H 129 (= AD 747) and as date for a rebuilding H 1376 (= AD 1957). The old photo displays the N façade with three bull-eye windows similar to the mosques at Salṭ (no. 322), masjid al-Azbākh at Wādī as-Sīr (no. 429), Saḥm al-Kferat (no. 316)

Traveler Reports: none known

Bibliography: Shimizu 1992, 35.

 
Fig. 213.1 Exterior view from NE, N-elevation with three bull eye windows in the upper zone, condition around 1990 (Shimizu 1992).
Fig. 213.2 Old masonry in the foundation zone of one of the exterior walls (MBa2020).

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[Fig. 213.1]
Exterior view from NE, N-elevation with three bull eye windows in the upper zone, condition around 1990 (Shimizu 1992).

[Fig. 213.2 ]
Old masonry in the foundation zone of one of the exterior walls (MBa2020).