Al-Amara Mosque
| Al-Amara Mosque مسجد العمارة | |
|---|---|
 The mosque as pictured in c. 2010 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Al-Amara, Damascus, Syria |
| Geographic coordinates | 33°30′48″N 36°18′26″E / 33.51333°N 36.30722°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
Al-Amara Mosque (Arabic: مسجد العمارة, romanized: Masjid al-ʿAmāra) is a mosque located in the al-Amara neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. It contains a shrine of an unconfirmed person.
Description[edit]
A shrine at the mosque is unverified to whom it belongs. The Twelver Shia writers Muhammad Hashim Khorasani (d. 1933-4) and Muhammad Haeri Karaki (alive in 1548 CE) consider it to be of Ruqayya bint Husayn.[1][2] Some have instead considered the shrine to be the burial site of Husayn's head, including the Sunni historians Ibn Kathir (d. 1373) and al-Dhahabi (d. 1348).[2] Yet some have reported it as the grave of Ruqayya bint Ali,[2] which others place in Cairo instead.[3] There are also eye-witness accounts in some sources that the grave belongs to a female child, whose body had to be exhumed and reburied during the repairs to the site.[1][2] The attribution of the shrine to Ruqayya bint Husayn is not certain, according to Reyshahri, who nevertheless believes that the site is associated with the ahl al-bayt.[4] A destination for Shia pilgrimage, the shrine is located in the al-Amara neighborhood to the north of the Umayyad Mosque. There are also surviving records of multiple reconstructions and expansions, as early as the fifteenth century CE.[2] The current building was completed about 1991 CE,[3] exhibiting a mix of Iranian and Syrian architectures, with substantial use of mirrors, tiles, and white stone.[2]
Gallery[edit]
- Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
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View of the courtyard -
Prayer hall -
Grave of Sayyidah Ruqayyah -
A chandelier in the Masjid -
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name board on the mosque -
Ruqayya mosque dome -
Ruqayya mosque entrance
References[edit]
- ^ a b Reyshahri 2009, pp. 389–92.
- ^ a b c d e f Khameh-Yar 2023.
- ^ a b Mohtaram-Vakili 2015.
- ^ Reyshahri 2009, p. 393.
Bibliography[edit]
- Mohtaram-Vakili, Sahar (2015). "رقیه بنت حسین" [Ruqayya bint Husayn]. Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 20. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation.
- Khameh-Yar, Ahmad (2023). "رقیه، دختر امام حسین (ع)" [Ruqayya, daughter of Imam Husayn]. The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian). Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.
- Reyshahri, Mohammad (2009). دانشنامه امام حسين [The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn] (in Persian). Vol. 1. ISBN 9789644931.
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