According to the inscriptions, Sitt aš-Šām had begun to build this mausoleum at the death of her brother Tūrānšāh, and it was not yet ready to receive the body in 580 AH (1184-1185 CE). Her second husband, Nāsir ad-Dīn, died suddenly in 581 (1185-1186 CE) and was the first to be interred there, then Tūrānšāh. Only five years later the son by her first husband was buried beside them. The tomb of Sitt aš-Šām herself is not made known. All are cenotaphs, the tombs themselves are undisturbed below, whether in the earth or in a vault.
Of the original building a simple entrance, the tank in the court, and the turba itself remain, perhaps also the portico between turba and tank. All are of the greatest simplicity, today disfigured by whitewash and paint.
Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture III. Ars Islamica XI-XII 1946 (p. 1-71).
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