Mosque Name: Sa’d Mosques, (north and south)
Country: Jordan
City: Sa’d
Year of construction (AH): Umayyad
North Mosque GPS: 32.341605 35.980332
South Mosque GPS: 32.339167 35.981111
Gibson Classification: Petra 182.9
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
Description:
One mosque is a ways north of the road and the other is south of the road. They date from Umayyad to Mamluk times, and are not in use any more.
Gibson classified these as Petra Mosques, although they are very much between the Petra Qibla and the Between Qibla.
More information can be found on pages 381-382 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
Mihrab in the north mosque when it was excavated.
The north mosque
Mihrab in the north mosque
Sketch of the north mosque
Sketch of the south mosque
The south mosque has fallen into greater ruins.
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