Turbā al-Ḥāfiẓīyyā: Plan

 

The building clearly has had two periods of construction and a repair of its northeastern wall. The turbā came first and then the mosque, but both belong to the same epoch.

The turbā is of the canonical type. The masǧid follows in principle the cruciform plan, though on a small scale and reduced in detail, with a prayer hall replacing the main ʾīwān. The court, under 5 m. square, was vaulted over as in ar-Ruknīyyā.

Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture III. Ars Islamica XI-XII 1946 (p. 1-71).

Wulzinger and Watzinger, Damaskus, die Islamische Stadt. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1924 (p. 140).