This mausoleum was demolished in the mid-1930s.
The following text (1) concerns the historical part of the inscription; it does not include the foundation of the waqf:
- أمر بعمارة هذا المشهد والتربة فيه الخاتون الأجلّة صفوة الملوك عزّ نساء العالمين
- والدة الملك دقاق بن تاج الدولة في سنة أربع وخمسمائة
The very mighty princess, the lady Ṣafwat al-Mulūk, the power of the women of the worlds, mother of al-malik Duqāq, son of Tāǧ ad-Dawlā (2), has ordered this mašhad and the tomb chamber in it to be built ... in the year 504 (3).
Ṣafwā, from safāʾ, “to be pure, serene,” means “choice, the choicest piece” (related to ṣafīī, “sincere friend"); those who choose are al-mulūk, the kings, not as the Répertoire and Monuments ayyoubides have it, “al-mulk,” the "government." As wife of Tutuš, Ṣafwā was a sister-in-law of Malikšāh, hence her high title: “Power of the women of the worlds.” Titles like faẖr, “glory,” and ṣaraf, “honor of the women of the worlds,” are used at that period. According to Ibn H̱allikān: “Duqāq was buried at Hakr al-Fahhādīn, extra muros, on the Baradā (where the tomb stood); it was said that his mother poisoned him.” She then married Toġatkīn, the guardian of Duqāq, who succeeded in 497 (4).
This turbā is also known as al-H̱ānqāh aṭ-Ṭāwūsīyyā (5) or aṭ-Ṭawāwīsīyyā.
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1. Répertoire chronologique d'épigraphie arabe (RCEA), No. 2942, taken from van Berchemʾs Notebook, with some errors.
2. Tutuš.
3. 504 AH = 1111-1112 CE. Mašhad: funerary monument.
4. 497 AH = 1103-1104 CE.
5. Jean Sauvaget. Les monuments historiques da Damas number 17.
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Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture II. Ars Islamica X 1943 (p. 13-70).
Jean Sauvaget. Les monuments Ayyoubides de Damas.








