Letter Z

445. Zūbya | زوبيا

Irbid governorate

Maqām / Weli al-Khidhr

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. 5872; 71088

Coordinates: Unknown

 

Plan: The former maqām was located in the courtyard compound of the brotherly Shēkhs Mūsā and ‘Īsa in the western outskirts of the village. As far it could be observed at the existing ruins, it was obviously a rectangular building accessible by a door from the W.

Measurements: unknown.

Building Materials: reused older partly well-dressed cubic limestone blocks.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: ruined, not in use anymore neither by Muslim nor by Christian adorants.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s): unknown, Ottoman or earlier.

Traveler Reports: “besonders verehrt aber ist el-chadr el-achdar, dessen Weli im Westen des Ortes liegt. ” (Steuernagel 1927, A 412).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A. 135. 412; Augustinović 1972, 46.