295. Rājib | راجب

‘Ajlūn Governorate

Maqām Ḥājjā Amīrah with masjid

JADIS no. 2118004

MEGA no. 5175

Coordinates: 32°14'10.0"N 35°41'59.0"E

32.236111, 35.699722

Plan: square, central entrance from N; miḥrāb in qibla wall S.

Measurements: 64 m²

Exterior: 8 x 8 m (MacKenzie 2002).

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone.

Construction details: two sided masonry with rubble fill, coarsely squared blocks with little use of mortar.

Preservation: The maqām has been located in the cemetery on a flat hill of the near-by village. It was preserved as a ruin on a slope beside the asphalt street. According to oral information given by locals living in the vicinity of the graveyard, the building has been bulldozed in recent years to enlarge the space of the modern graveyard for new burials.

Inscription(s): none known

Date: Not known.

Traveler Reports:

Bibliography: MacKenzie 2002, 618; MMU IV, 265 no. 15.