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432. Waqqās | وقّاص

Irbid governorate

Maqām ‘Amīr bin Abī Waqqās

JADIS no. 2021038

MEGA no. 9693; 42235

Coordinates: 32°32'24.0"N 35°36'13.5"E

32.540000, 35.603750

 

 

Plan: Old maqām square in plan with dome, on corners and sides stepped crenels, demolished and replaced by a new building.

Measurements: not retrievable.

Exterior: not retrievable.

Interior: not retrievable.

Building Materials: not retrievable, mud brick?

Construction details: not retrievable.

Preservation: demolished and replaced by a new building.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): ‘Amīr bin Abī Waqqās was the maternal cousin of Prophet Mohammed and brother of the famous Muslim general Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqās. ‘Amīr, who participated in the battle of Uḥud, was the eleventh man to convert to Islam. He died during the great plague in the time of the Umayyad caliphate of ‘Umar in Damascus.

Traveler Reports: “... und das neu hergerichtete Weli des schēch wakkas (-183 m) mit einem sidr-Baum” (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 450; Ghawanimeh 1995, 85-87; Hiyyari 2008, 42; HSJ 61; Redlinger 2014, 13; Hattab 2015, 26-27.

 
Fig. 432.1 Condition of the maqām before renewal (HSJ 61).
Fig. 432.2 Entrance to the maqām in present condition, 2019 (TMW- K 2018).
Fig. 432.3 Tomb building in present condition, 2019 (TMW-K 2018).
Fig. 432.4 Tomb in present condition, 2019 (TMW-K 2018).

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[Fig. 432.1 ]
Condition of the maqām before renewal (HSJ 61).

[Fig. 432.2 ]
Entrance to the maqām in present condition, 2019 (TMW- K 2018).

[Fig. 432.3 ]
Tomb building in present condition, 2019 (TMW-K 2018).

[Fig. 432.4 ]
Tomb in present condition, 2019 (TMW-K 2018).