Letter M

230. Ma‘ān | معان

Ma‘ān Governorate

Jāmi‘ al-Sulṭān or Masjid al-Hashemi

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. none

Coordinates: 30°11'36.0"N 35°44'19.0"E

30.193333, 35.738611

 

 

Plan: Broad rectangular, with centralized entrance in the N and in axis the miḥrāb in the S wall. Due to the technique of roofing by wooden beams, the interior prayer room is subdivided by perpendicular transversal arches into seven bays which run parallel to the short walls. In the W short wall were three windows. At the NW corner of the courtyard (saḥn) was a minaret of square ground plan which merged into a cylindrical upper story. The balustrade and the top roofing were constructed of wood.

Measurements: ca. 93.84 m2

Exterior: 10 x 20 m (Belal 2020).

Interior: ca. 9.20 x 10.20 m.

Building Materials: Mud brick with limestone for the voussoirs of the arches, wooden beams and cane for roofing, interior plastered with hay-mixed mortar (tibn).

Construction details: Traditional technique of arches with flat roof (qantara-hall).

Preservation: destroyed and replaced by a new building.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date: H 1212 = AD 1936, destroyed by the flood of 1966 and thereafter replaced by a new building in concrete skeleton technique.

Traveler Reports: none known

Bibliography: Belal 2020, 113-114 figs. 139-141; Schick 2020, no. 67.

 
Fig. 230.1 View of old Ma’an in 1843 with location of mosque indica- ted by red circle (Belal 2020 fig. 8).
Fig. 230.2 View of main street in old Ma‘ān, mosque in the background (Belal 2020, fig. 157).
Fig. 230.3 View of old central street at Ma’ān (from NW) with mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020 fig. 139 left).
Fig. 230.4 View of old central street at Ma’ān (from S) with mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020 fig. 139 right).
Fig. 230.5 View of new mosque built after 1966, view from N (NAt).
Fig. 230.6 View of the main gate and minaret of the new mosque built after 1966, (NAt).
Fig. 230.7 Minaret of the old mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020, fig. 159).
Fig. 230.8 Traditional mud-brick qantarā-hall (house) architecture of Ma‘ān, perpective section (Belal 2029, 121 fig. 152).
 
Fig. 230.9 Hypothetic reconstruction of the ground plan and N elevation of the Jāmi‘ al-Sulṭān or Masjid Shēkh Sha‘īb on the basiv of historical photographs and narratives of older local inhabitants (Belal 2020, 113 f...
Fig. 230.10 Central street at Ma ān (from S) in present condition (TMW-K 2013).

Figures

[Fig. 230.1 ]
View of old Ma’an in 1843 with location of mosque indica- ted by red circle (Belal 2020 fig. 8).

[Fig. 230.2 ]
View of main street in old Ma‘ān, mosque in the background (Belal 2020, fig. 157).

[Fig. 230.3 ]
View of old central street at Ma’ān (from NW) with mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020 fig. 139 left).

[Fig. 230.4 ]
View of old central street at Ma’ān (from S) with mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020 fig. 139 right).

[Fig. 230.5 ]
View of new mosque built after 1966, view from N (NAt).

[Fig. 230.6 ]
View of the main gate and minaret of the new mosque built after 1966, (NAt).

[Fig. 230.7 ]
Minaret of the old mosque prior to the flood of 1966 (Belal 2020, fig. 159).

[Fig. 230.8 ]
Traditional mud-brick qantarā-hall (house) architecture of Ma‘ān, perpective section (Belal 2029, 121 fig. 152).

[Fig. 230.9 ]
Hypothetic reconstruction of the ground plan and N elevation of the Jāmi‘ al-Sulṭān or Masjid Shēkh Sha‘īb on the basiv of historical photographs and narratives of older local inhabitants (Belal 2020, 113 f...

[Fig. 230.10 ]
Central street at Ma ān (from S) in present condition (TMW-K 2013).