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386. Tibne | تبنة

Irbid governorate

Muṣallā in the al-Alālī (mansion) of the ash-Shrēdāh family

JADIS no. 212 00002

MEGA no. 5272, 46448

Coordinates: 32°28'35.0"N 35°43'39.0"E

32.476389, 35.727500

 

 

Plan: “The floor plan in this case is very similar to the old mosque of Tibneh (no. 385), the locations of the door and the miḥrab being identical in both mosques. This one, however, is smaller, not as perfect, and has no dome. The southern wall, where the miḥrab is located, stands obliquely to the rest of the walls. This wall shows a rough exterior texture and parts of wooden members. The presumption that it was constructed on the edge of a fellahi house that once stood on the side of the mosque may explain its oblique position.” (Khammash 1986).

Measurements: 118.65 m2 / 60 m2 (with and without entrance hall).

Exterior: 11.50 x 10.30 m (without entrance hall) - 15 m (With entrance hall).

Interior: prayer hall only: 7.50 x 7.50-8.00 m

Building Materials: limestone.

Preservation: ruined and progressively collapsing, muṣallā not in use for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s):  Arabic inscription in seven lines chiseled in limestone, each line in relief set into lowered oval cartouches (today lost). 

 

Date(s): According to the inscription constructed in H 1271 = AD 1855.

Traveler Reports: “Das schönste Haus ist das des Schēch Klēb ibn Jūsef esch-Schrēdī, das zugleich als dschâmi’ dient ” (Steuernagel 1027).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 412.

 
Fig. 386.1 Ground plan of the al-Alālī when it was used as a mosque (Khammash 1986, 64 bottom left).
Fig. 386.2 E elevation of the mansion before 1986 (Khammash 1986, 66 left).
Fig. 386.3 General view of partly collapsed al-Alāli, W elevation, view from E (TMW-K 2017).
Fig. 386.4 View of mosque in lower floor with half-destroyed miḥrāb in S wall, view from N (TMWK-K 2017).

Figures

[Fig. 386.1 ]
Ground plan of the al-Alālī when it was used as a mosque (Khammash 1986, 64 bottom left).

[Fig. 386.2 ]
E elevation of the mansion before 1986 (Khammash 1986, 66 left).

[Fig. 386.3 ]
General view of partly collapsed al-Alāli, W elevation, view from E (TMW-K 2017).

[Fig. 386.4 ]
View of mosque in lower floor with half-destroyed miḥrāb in S wall, view from N (TMWK-K 2017).