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393. Tūbā, Qaṣr al- | قصر الطوبة

az-Zarqā’ governorate

Jāmi‘, desert mosque, mud-brick mosque

JADIS no. 2908001

MEGA no. 2698

Coordinates: 31°19'39.0"N 36°34'16.0"E

31.327500, 36.571111

 

 

Plan: Desert mosque square to rectangular with miḥrab in the S wall, entrance possibly from the E. Mud brick ruin (fig. 393.3) on a hill to the SE of the Qaṣr square in plan, with three doors (N,E,W) and a niche in S wall.

Measurements: ca. 57.8 m2

Exterior: Mud-brick-ruin 7.60 x 7.60 m

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: local limestone, chert, mud-brick.

Construction details: The borders of the praying place and the miḥrāb are marked by lines of upright standing regular limestone slabs (of possibly new origin).

Preservation: Intact; mud-brick mosque unknown.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): Unknown, mud-brick masjid probably Umayyad.

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: In general (without reference to the mosque): Musil 1902, 14-18 figs. 7-14. 187-193 figs. 127-129; Arabia Petraea I, 176-188 figs. 58-70; Creswell 21969, I, 2, 607-613; 623-641; Allan 1989, 208-212; Rashdan 2009, 87-90. 156 figs. 67-69. 178 pl. 9a-b; Hasanat- Kabir et alii 2010, fig. 3a-b; Antun 2016, 115; for the mud-brick mosque: F. Frank, Aus der Araba I: Reiseberichte, in: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 57, 1934, 206 pl. 23 A.

 
Fig. 393.1 General exterior view from N (NAt).
Fig. 393.2 Example of a modern desert mosque in the E Jordanian destert (area of Jafr) The constructor brought the modern hallow concrete blocks with him on his pick-up to built the prayer place in this remote area (AKh 2019).
Fig. 393.3 Mud-brick building of square ground plan, presumably an exterior mosque located upon a hill to the SE of the Qaṣr; the inside walls were covered by a double layer of fine plaster; in the middle of the S wall plastered mhrab; three doors in the centers of the N, E and W walls. The interior was occupied by a number of younger tombs (ca. 1930) oriented in E-W direction. The present condition of this mosque is unknown (source: F. Frank, Aus der Araba I: Reiseberichte, in: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 57, 1934, pl. 23 A).

Figures

[Fig. 393.1 ]
General exterior view from N (NAt).

[Fig. 393.2 ]
Example of a modern desert mosque in the E Jordanian destert (area of Jafr) The constructor brought the modern hallow concrete blocks with him on his pick-up to built the prayer place in this remote area (AKh 2019).

[Fig. 393.3 ]
Mud-brick building of square ground plan, presumably an exterior mosque located upon a hill to the SE of the Qaṣr; the inside walls were covered by a double layer of fine plaster; in the middle of the S wall plastered mhrab; three doors in the centers of the N, E and W walls. The interior was occupied by a number of younger tombs (ca. 1930) oriented in E-W direction. The present condition of this mosque is unknown (source: F. Frank, Aus der Araba I: Reiseberichte, in: Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 57, 1934, pl. 23 A).