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359. Shuqayq, south of the village | الشقيق
Mādabā Governorate
Maqām Abū Dharr Jundub ibn Junāda al-Ghifārī
JADIS no. 2109011
MEGA no. 5056; 24540
Coordinates: 31°28'50.0"N 35°42'57.0"E
31.480556, 35.715833
Plan: broad rectangular, single nave, with entrance from the N. Miḥrāb in S wall not traceable, possibly due to inattentive modern conservation (S wall widely rebuilt). To the N, a trapezoid courtyard is lined by unworked fieldstones. To the left of the entrance door, a low bench (ziyādeh) has been constructed out of few larger blocks. The building is surrounded by an old cemetery of considerable age.
Measurements: 36.96 m2
Exterior: 6 m x 8.8 m. courtyard 8.4 m x 10.4 m x 8 m.
Interior: 8.40 m x 4.80 m.
Building Materials: predominantly limestone, partly reused well-dressed ancient stones of larger size, mixed with a few basalt stones; modern conservation with sand-concrete in the joints.
Construction details: mainly one coursed masonry with smaller flakes filled into the horizontal joints. The door frame consists of well-dressed limestone blocks crowned by a larger monolithic lintel.
Preservation: ruined, conserved, obviously not anymore used for prayer. In the immediate eastern neighborhood a small new mosque has been donated by Jamīl Sa‘id Ḥabbās in 2004, for other endowments by the same person cf. no. 183.
Inscription(s): none known.
Date: Mamluk or Ottoman with no firm dating criteria. Abū Dharr Jundub ibn Junāda al-Ghifārī was the fifth convert to Islam, a companion of the Prophet, who died in H 32 = AD 652/653 at Rabadha, Sa'udi Arabia.
Traveler Reports: none known.
Bibliography: Hiyyari 2008, 66; HSJ 63; Redlinger 2014, 13 fig. 7; Hattab 2015, 42-43; Samman - Tabbah 2019, 71-72 no. 22.
