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217. Kufr al-Mā’ | كُفُر الماء

Irbid Governorate

Maqām / Weli Shēkh ‘Īsā az-Zu‘bī

JADIS no. 212 1063

MEGA no. 10571

Coordinates: 32°29'01.0"N 35°41'52.0"E

32.483611, 35.697778

 

 

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: A maqām / Weli of Shēkh ‘Īsā az-Zu‘bī is not anymore known by the present inhabitants of the village. Several of them pointed out that the tomb of this venerated person today at nearby Kuffēn / Juffēn / az-Zo’ēbīye (no. 205). The only evidence for the location of the former maqām was a double chamber concrete building in the old cemetery E of the village (fig. 217.1), which could confirm in a way Schumacher’s notice. None of the interviewed persons dwelling in the closer environs of this cemetery, however, could neither confirm nor deny such a hypothetical identification of this odd building. In its vandalized condition it does not show any evidence for a tomb or a miḥrāb. Also, there is no indication for an actual practice of a memorial cult of Shēkh ‘Īsā az-Zu‘bī at the site.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown.

Traveler Reports: “Bei dem Dorfe gibt es zwei Welis; das eine, das des ‘eisa ez-Zo’ebī, liegt im Osten... ” (Steuernagel)

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 407; Mittmann 1970, 44 no. 100; Rawadiyah 2007, II, 307-308.

 
Fig. 217.1 This two-chamber concrete building adjaces today the E enclosure wall of the old cemetery at Kufr al-Mā’. It was probably the former Maqām / Weli of ‘Īsā az-Zu‘bī before it has been translocated to Kuffēn / Juffēn / az-Zo’ēbīye (no. 205) (TMW-K 2020).

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[Fig. 217.1 ]
This two-chamber concrete building adjaces today the E enclosure wall of the old cemetery at Kufr al-Mā’. It was probably the former Maqām / Weli of ‘Īsā az-Zu‘bī before it has been translocated to Kuffēn / Juffēn / az-Zo’ēbīye (no. 205) (TMW-K 2020).