Mosque Name: Qasr ‘Azraq Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: ‘Azraq
Year of construction (AD): 8th century
GPS: 31°52’48.62”N 36°49’38.78”E
Gibson Classification: Between
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
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Description:
Azraq is located on a key caravan junction with converging roads from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and Syria, with large pools of fresh water.
While the large fort was most likely Roman, based on Latin and Greek inscriptions from the 3rd and 4th centuries referencing Diocletian, the mosque dates back to the Umayyads. You can see the lighter colored mosque in the dark area of the fort in the photo below. The Umayyads did not seem to refortify the Roman fortifications. It is reasonable to suppose that Umayyads saw Wadi Sirhan (and the oases at Jauf and Azraq) rather as the central corridor of the Islamic world and the conduit between Arabia, Iraq and Syria. The cities of Madinah, Kufah and Damascus. Rather, the Umayyads used Azraq for recreation, rest and relaxation, and they patrolled the traffic that went beyond Azraq. All the water points on the routes leading out of Azraq were patrolled by smaller Umayyad Qasrs. This Umayyad mosque was built some time after the Qasr was constructed and faced to within 2.62° of a between qibla while the Qasr itself faces Petra in Jordan.
The mosque is the white building in the middle of the Azraq Qasr.
The mosque Qibla
The mihrab at the back of the mosque.
Inside the arches are set on round pillars with the mihrab nice set into the south facing wall. The mosque qibla is towards the Between Qibla.
The ceiling is made of longer rocks laid between the arches.
This mosque has a combination of square corners and round pillars. Note the round pillars on each side of the mihrab.
This mosque has a combination of square corners and round pillars. Note the round pillars on each side of the mihrab.
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