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220. Kufr Rākib | كُفُر راكب

Irbid Governorate

Masjid.

JADIS no. 2120057

MEGA no. 10506 (Mosque not registered)

Coordinates: 32°27'17.0"N 35°41'22.0"E

32.454722, 35.689444

 

 

Plan: unknown.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: stone with whitewashed plaster.

Construction details: The mosque was covered by a dome resting on pointed wall arches with spheric triangular pendantifs.

Preservation: The remains of the mosque have been bulldozed in 2004 (fig. 220.1). It is entirely demolished and replaced by a new building (fig. 220.2).

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): Mamluk or early Ottoman if not older.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 405; Rawadiyah 2007, II, 298.

 
Fig. 220.1 Remnants of the domed old mosque during the process of demolishment (AKh 2004).
Fig. 220.2 New mosque standing on the place the old one (NAt 2015).

Figures

[Fig. 220.1 ]
Remnants of the domed old mosque during the process of demolishment (AKh 2004).

[Fig. 220.2 ]
New mosque standing on the place the old one (NAt 2015).