Ǧāmiʿ Yalbuġā: Inscription 55

 

Location: the northern of the three deep recesses in the east side of the prayer hall, under the muqarnaṣ vault.
This one-line inscription in large letters is distributed on the three sides of the above-mentioned recess.

١. صلّى اللهُ على سيّدنا محمّد خاتم النبييّن وعلى

٢. آلِهِ وأزواجِهِ الطيّبين الطاهرين بتاريخ رجب الفرد سنة اثنين وستّين وستّمائة 

٣. بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ. إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ 

1. Allah's praise be upon our master Muḥammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon
2. his pure and immaculate family and wives. Dated in the month of Raǧab, in the year 662 (1263-1264 CE).
3. In the name of Allah, the merciful and the compassionate. The mosques of Allah should only be maintained by those who believe in Allah (Qurʾān IX 18).

The panels are wrongly arranged: the left one is the beginning, and the right and the middle ones are the continuation; hence the panels are not in situ. The wood is damaged where the hundreds stand; the entire inscription is painted over. 

Ernst Herzfeld. Damascus, Studies in Architecture IV. Ars Islamica XIII-XIV 1948 (p. 118-138).