Author
Muhammad, Kholoud Abdel Qader Ahmed
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2536-9822
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_1476482
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The Ottomans paid great attention to making tombstones, their composition, and their decoration. Therefore, we find diversity in their designs and shapes according to the personality of the deceased for whom these tombstones and compositions were made. We find diversity in the decorations of the tombstones and the shapes of the tops of the tombstones to distinguish between the graves of men and women on the one hand, and on the other hand to distinguish between the jobs of the deceased people and their social classes. This research presents a unique Ottoman tombstone, which is a composite tombstone for a woman who died after giving birth to her son. In the lower part of this tombstone appears a small tombstone for her child, which is clearly prominent from the side. The mother’s witness. The maker of this witness was keen to highlight the details of the child’s witness to confirm that this child is a boy and not a girl. By carving the shape of a turban above the neck of the child’s witness, opinions differed as to whether the child died in his mother’s womb and was not born; Therefore, a separate witness was not made for the child, or did he die immediately after birth, and the mother’s witness included the woman’s name, the cause of her death, and her husband’s name, job, and place of work, while the child’s witness included the child’s name and reading Al-Fatihah to him.
Görüntüle
Majallat al-Ittiḥād al-ʻĀmm lil-Āthārīyīn al-ʻArab, 2024, Vol.25 (2), p.178-199
