279. Qam(m), also Kamm al-‘Atīka | قم

Irbid Governorate

Masjid Qamm gharbīyeh al-kebīr

JADIS no. 2122074

MEGA no. 10636

Coordinates: 32°35'15.3"N 35°43'37.4"E

32.587578, 35.727058

Plan: The new mosque has broad rectangular ground plan with four piers in the interior.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: The new mosque has been built in skeleton concrete technique with four cement piers carrying the flat roof on beams.

Preservation: The old mosque has been entirely demolished and is today replaced by a new building.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): The new mosque has been built in 1952 at the place of the old one; of the latter, nothing remains.

Traveler Reports: “To the south the ruins of a Jâma’, mosque, are found, and some large rock-hewn cisterns.” (Schumacher 1890 ([reprint 2010]); “Im Süden finden sich die Ruinen einer dschâmi’ und einige Felszisternen” (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Schumacher 1890 (reprint 2010) 137; Steuernagel 1927, A. 137.