Mosque Name: Hammam as-Sarah Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: near Hallabat
Year of construction (AH): 700 - 799
GPS: 32.083627, 36.36301
Gibson Classification: Petra Qibla, 193, Harremoes measurment: 187.9
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
Description:
This mosques stand adjacent to the el-Sarah Hammam. The mosque is square, with an entrance in the centre of the north wall. The Qibla wall has an elongated mihrab which projects to the exterior. Much of the Hammam has been rebuilt, since many stones were removed and reused as building materials. All that remains of the mosque is the floor and some low walls. In 2021 Peter Harremoes reported that he calculated the Qibla as 187.9.
Check out this excellent website: http://moses.creighton.edu/vr/Sarah/site.html
Bibliography: The Umayyad baths at Amman Citadel and Hammam al-Sarah, Ignacio Arce, Published 2019, URL: http://journals.openedition.org/syria/3028 DOI: 10.4000/syria.3028, ISSN: 2076-8435
More information can also be found on pages 162-164 in: Islamic Heritage Sites in Jordan, A Student’s Gazetteer, prepared by the MA-Students of The German-Jordanian University, in Architectural Conservation School for Architecture and Built Environment Academic Years, 2017 - 2020, edited by Thomas M. Weber-Karyotakis & Ammar Khammash with Hussein al-Aza‘at, Nader Atiyeh, Catreena Hamarneh, Khairiyeh al-Kukhun & Robert Schick. GJU, Amman 2020
For a Link to the Qibla Tool Click Here
The mosque foundation is in the foreground. It was recovered after the excavation.
From this view the mosque is located at the back of the Hammam
Diagram of the site
An earlier diagram of the site
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