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Mosque Name: Husn Umayyad Mosque

Country: Jordan

City: Hasn

Year of construction (AH): 600-699 CE

GPS: 32.489716° 35.880004°

Gibson Classification: Faces Petra

Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never


Description:

Al-Husn is located nearly 8 km south of Irbid and 70 km north of Amman. The highway which connects Irbid with Amman, intersects the town of Husn, dividing it into eastern and western sections. The geographical coordinates of al-Husn mosque are 32.489716° 35.880004° and it is located about 680 m. above sea-level. The mosque is located near the south end of the graveyard, left of the main stairs. ‘Al-Husn’ means a ‘well-fortified place’ or ‘castle’. It is generally assumed that the name of Tell al-Husn was derived from the Umayyad fort which was built on the Tell in the north of the old town atop the hill. It is assumed that Tell al-Husn is the classical city of Dion; one of the cities of Decapolis that developed in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

The Umayyad mosque is in the far south side of the Tell, a few meters to the west of the main gate of the Umayyad fortress.

The first season of excavations at Tell al-Husn was conducted in the summer of2008 under the direction of Prof. Zeidoun al-Muheisen, Dean of Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University, with the support of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities.

(Taken from the Newsletter No.295 Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavations at Tell al-Husn 2008 Zeidoun AL-MUHEISEN)


Drawing of the mosque taken from the dig report.

Drawing of the mosque taken from the dig report.


The small mosque looking through the rear door. The mihrab is on the opposite wall.

The small mosque looking through the rear door. The mihrab is on the opposite wall.


Measuring the Qibla direction.

Measuring the Qibla direction.



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