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402. Umm al-Jimāl | أم الجمال

al-Mafraq Governorate

Jāmi‘

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. none

Coordinates: 32°19'32.3"N 36°21'58.1"E

32.325644, 36.366131

(approximately)

 

 

Plan: rectangular; traces of tumbled miḥrāb in the middle of the S wall; entrance near the E corner in N wall. The prayer room was divided in its center by a transversal arch from E to W, at the SW corner a massive minaret as a later addition (fig. 402.5).

Measurements: 45 m2 (Rjoub - Housan 20139.

Exterior: 5.00 x 9.00 m (Rjoub - Housan 2013)

Interior: ca. 6.00 x 8.00 m.

Building Materials: roughly shaped basalt blocks without use of mortar.

Construction details: arches with beams for roof.

Preservation: ruined, not in use for Muslim prayer.

Inscription(s): a number of Byzantine Greek epitaphs in reuse in the masonry.

Date(s): Ayyubid-Mamluk (Rjoub - Housan 2013).

Traveler Reports: none known.

Bibliography: Rjoub - Housan 2013, 477 no. 30.

 
Figs. 402.1-2 Sketch ground plan (without indication of the minaret (TMW-K 2019).
 
Fig. 402.3 Panorama of exterior W elevation of the mosque, in the background right the minaret adjacent to the SW corner (TMW-K 2017).
Fig. 402.4 View of prayer hall from SW (TMW-K 2017).
Fig. 402.5 View of added minaret from SW (TMW-K 2017).

Figures

[Figs. 402.1-2]
Sketch ground plan (without indication of the minaret (TMW-K 2019).

[Fig. 402.3 ]
Panorama of exterior W elevation of the mosque, in the background right the minaret adjacent to the SW corner (TMW-K 2017).

[Fig. 402.4 ]
View of prayer hall from SW (TMW-K 2017).