Letter D

85. Dēr ‘Allā / Zrār, Tell | دير علا (تل ضرار)

al-Balqā’ Governorate

Maqām Dhirār bin al-Azwar

JADIS no. none

MEGA no. 58985

Coordinates: 32°12'48.0"N 35°37'21.7"E

32.213333, 35.622694

 

 

Plan: Apart from the tomb, nothing of the old maqām remains. This was originally a simple tomb within a stone circle (Steuernagel 1927).

Measurements: unknown.

Exterior: unknown.

Interior: unknown.

Building Materials: unknown.

Construction details: unknown.

Preservation: newly constructed and used as a Muslim pilgrimage center.

Inscription(s): none known.

Date(s):The completely newly built complex (2002) includes the tomb of Dhirār bin al-Azwar in the vicinity of the Maqām Abū ‘Ubaydah ‘Āmir ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāḥ. Contradictory Arab historiography causes confusion concerning the circumstances of his death and even on the identity of his personality.

Date: unknown.

Traveler Reports: “Ein Stück südwärts erhebt sich der tell ez-zrār, an dessen Südostfuß das weli ez-zrār liegt, ein kunstloses, 3 m langes Grab, das von einem Steinkreis umgeben ist; Zrār soll ein Vorfahr des Abū ‘Obēda gewesen sein” (Steuernagel 1927).

Bibliography: Steuernagel 1927, A 344-345. Ghawanimah 1995, 88- 90; Hiyyari 2008, 26; HSJ 61; Redlinger 2014, 13; Hattab 2015, 28-33; Samman - Tabbah 2019, 78-69 no. 24.

 
Fig. 85.1 The maqām of Dirār ibn al-Azwar before the construction of the new complex (Nat).
Fig. 85.2 Present condition, view from the interior courtyard of mausoleum from NW (TMW-K 2018).
Fig. 85.3 Exterior view of the new complex from NW(Nat).
Fig. 85.4 Present condition, exterior view of mosque opposite the mausoleum from SE (TMW-K 2018).
Fig. 85.5 Tomb of Dirār ibn al-Azwar (TMW-K 2018).

Figures

[Fig. 85.1 ]
The maqām of Dirār ibn al-Azwar before the construction of the new complex (Nat).

[Fig. 85.2 ]
Present condition, view from the interior courtyard of mausoleum from NW (TMW-K 2018).

[Fig. 85.3 ]
Exterior view of the new complex from NW(Nat).

[Fig. 85.4 ]
Present condition, exterior view of mosque opposite the mausoleum from SE (TMW-K 2018).

[Fig. 85.5 ]
Tomb of Dirār ibn al-Azwar (TMW-K 2018).