Author
Al-Shammari, Faleh Ghadawi Numan, Al-Subaihawi, Haider Farhan Hussein
Publication Place
Mosul, Iraq -
University of Mosul, College of Archeology
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2304-103X, EISSN: 2664-2794
Record ID
cdi_emarefa_primary_1251096
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
It was revealed through the field study of the city of Sinjar that it includes two heritage mosques, and the first district of the city is the Great Mosque of Sinjar. It is located in the Saray district in the middle of the city, which made it the center of all parts of the city and facilitated the process of reaching it for worshipers. It is considered the second oldest mosque in the city, after the Grand Mosque, which dates back to the Atabeg era (559 AH / 1181 AD), of which only its minaret, known as the Minaret of Sinjar, during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Al-Hamid II, during the Ottoman Empire’s control over Iraq. As for the general layout of the mosque, it is a traditional layout for Islamic mosques, as it consists of a prayer house and a rear area with an open courtyard in the middle. The mosque has one main entrance located on its northern side. As for the second heritage mosque, which is called by the name of its builder (Taha Al-Hassan), it is located in the northeastern part of the Barsahi locality, located north of the city of Sinjar. It was built according to different architectural styles and is considered one of the suspended mosques raised above the surface of the ground, as the prayer house was built on a group of commercial shops (shops) and did not include fittings due to the absence of columns that divide the prayer house. The field study of Sinjar city shows that it includes two traditional heritage mosques, the first is the Sinjar Great Mosque, located in the Saray neighborhood in the center of Sinjar city, which made it the same distance to all sides of the city, the fact that made it very easy for all worshipers to access it easily, It is considered the second oldest mosque in the city, after the mosque that was built in the Atabic era (559 AH / 1181 AD), and there is nothing left of it except its minaret known as the minaret of Sinjar, during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, during the rule of the Ottoman Empire over Iraq, the general planning of this mosque is the same as the traditional planning of Islamic mosques as it consists of a prayer house and a backside In the middle of an open courtyard, the mosque has one main entrance to its north side. As for the second heritage mosque which was named after its builder’s name (Taha Al-Hassan), it is located in the northeastern part of Barshi neighborhood located in the north of Sinjar city. It was built according to different architectural styles, and it is considered one of the hanging mosques that rise above the surface of the earth. The building of the prayer house was on a group of shops which did not include skylines because there are no columns that divide the prayer house.
Görüntüle
Ātār al-rāfidayn (Online), 2021, Vol.6 (1), p.139-164
