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Mosque Name: Hayr al Sharqi Mosque

Country: Syria

City: Desert Castle

Year of construction (AH): 110 AH

Year of construction (AD): 728 AD

GPS: 35° 4’25.52”N 39° 4’14.92”E

ArchNet: http://archnet.org/sites/4137

Gibson Classification: Between

Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never


Description:

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi in Syria is approximately 97 km northeast of Palmyra and 64 km to the south of Rusafa. It was originally constructed in 728-9 under Caliph Hisham to be used as a retreat for the Umayyad caliphs. After Umayyad decline in regional authority, the site was absorbed and embellished by the Abbasids under caliph Harun al-Rashid and remained functional until the 14th century. The Qasr and the external mosque both have the same Qibla, facing a Between position.


The Qasr and Mosque face the Between Possition

The Qasr and Mosque face the Between Possition


An Old aerial photo

An Old aerial photo


Inside the Qasr

Inside the Qasr


References:

Genequand, Denis, 2009. “The New Urban Settlement at Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi: Components and Development in the Early Islamic Period”, in: Karin Bartl and Abd al-Razzaq Moaz (eds.), Residences, Castles, Settlements, Orient-Archäologie 24, Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 261-285.

Genequand, Denis, 2012. Les établissements des élites omeyyades en Palmyrène et au Proche-Orient, Bibliothèque archéologique et historique 200, Beirut: IFPO, 102-106. https://www.ifporient.org/978-2-35159-380-6/

Grabar, Oleg, Holod, Renata, Knustad, James, and William Trousdale, 1978. City in the Desert: Qasr al-Hayr East, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 46-51.


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