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358. Shūneh Nimrīn Janūbīyeh | شونة نمرين، الشونة الجنوبية

al-Balqā’ Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. 201 4015

MEGA no. 9452

Coordinates: 31°53'58.5"N 35°37'16.0"E

31.899583, 35.621111

 

 

Plan: Rectangular.

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: The minaret is constructed of local limestone; the rest of the mosque has been newly built in skeleton concrete technique and cladding of industrially fabricated limestone.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: intact, used for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date: The oldest surviving part of the mosque is the minaret in Ottoman style which might date to the 1920s- 1930. The rest of the mosque has been recently rebuilt in concrete.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: unpublished.

 
Fig. 358.1 Panorama view of W-façade (TMW-K 2018).