Above the door on the left, the name Dāūd ibn ʾAydakīn (1) is mentioned in an inscription of seven lines (2) occupying a tabula ansata 100 x 40 cm. The year is 634 H (3). The plain dressed-stone façade is punctuated at the top by four small windows made of perforated slabs of basalt—imperishable objects that are often reused in Muḥammedan buildings. The turbā is located northwest of the road.
1. Ismāʿīl al-ʿĀdil, according to Wulzinger and Watzinger, p. 135.
2. Six lines according to Wulzinger and Watzinger.
3. 1236-1237 CE. The year is 330, according to Wulzinger and Watzinger.
Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture III. Ars Islamica XI-XII 1946 (p. 1-71).
Karl Wulzinger & Carl Watzinger. Damaskus, die Islamische Stadt. Walter de Gruyter 1924.
No comments:
Post a Comment