Inscription 50
On the lintel of the west gate, outside, 120 by 40 cm., six lines:
This mosque was built by Gōkbūrī, son of ʿAlī, son of Begtekīn, lord of Mosul, by the trusteeship of Maḥāsin, son of ... son of Abī Muḥammad al-Qalānisī ... in 599 (1).
An analogous inscription on the lintel of the east gate; six lines.
The trustee is called "his mamlūk."
Inscription 51
On the minbar. A: panel with confession of faith in one line; frame with inscription, starting to the right, in one line, ending in a second line below. B: on the back of the seat, frame on four sides, inscription beginning to the right, in rhyming prose:
...Gōkbūrī . . . lord of ʾIrbil ordered to make this minbar . . . through . . . Maḥāsin son of . . . son of ʾabi Muḥammad al-Qalānisī, in the year 604 (2).
What follows is a prayer for Caliph ʾabu al ʿAbbās Aḥmad (3) and Sultan al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn, ẖalīl ʾamīr al-muʾminīn, ʾabū Bakr, an abridgement of the formula pronounced in the orthodox H̱uṭbā on Fridays, meaning the recognition of suzerainty. The title in ʾamīr al-muʾminīn stands in an exceptional position for rhymeʾs sake.
Inscription 52
On the lintel of the door of the minaret, four lines:
... Gōkbūrī ... the lord of Irbil has ordered to build this minaret ... at the epoch of our lord al-Malik al-ʿĀdil ... ʾabū Bakr ... in 612 (4).
Two more inscriptions, a partial repair dated 646 (5), and an edict abolishing market taxes were published by van Berchem.
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1. 1202-1203 CE. The first three inscriptions have been published in Répertoire chronologique dʾépigraphie arabe, ed. É. Combe, J. Sauvaget, and G. Wiet (Cairo, 1937), IX, Nos. 3550, 3551, and 3552, the last one without date.
2. 1207-1208 CE.
4. 1215-1216 CE.
5. 1248-1249 CE.
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Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture IV. Ars Islamica XIII-XIV 1948 (p. 118-138).
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