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Bosra eski Sham (Bostra or Bosra)
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now in use. It has been called by several names, Djamf is-Sala 1 and D6r il-Muslim 3,
in addition to the name given above. The building is of the same type and probably
of the same epoch as the Djamic il-Khidr; but in ground plan (Ill. 261) it is a little
longer and departs from the square. It is spanned by three transverse arches. The
whole building has the appearance of having been often repaired. As this mosque
was constantly in use, I did not wish to disturb the worshippers by taking measurements
inside of it; and I am therefore indebted to my native assistant, George Cavalcanty,
for the measurements given here. The minaret of this mosque is detached, and is
III. 262.
not exactly placed in the plan presented herewith. The parapet of its upper storey is
partly in ruins, the call to prayer is given from the windows below. Early travellers
saw the parapet in a perfect state of preservation. Two panels of a pierced balustrade
of white marble are still in place, supported on either side by posts of basalt3. These
sections of balustrade are ancient, probably of Roman date, and may have come from
the Palace.
id-DabbAghah: 1225 a. d. This building, situated near the northeast angle of
the great reservoir called Birket il-Hadjdj, and having its south wall flush with the
wall of the reservoir, was perhaps not a mosque at all. But it is certainly Moslem
work, is dated in the thirteenth century, and has a mihrab in its south wall. The
1 Cf. Div. Ill, insc. 568.
2 P.A. p. 30.
3 cf. P.A. Fig. 906.
293
now in use. It has been called by several names, Djamf is-Sala 1 and D6r il-Muslim 3,
in addition to the name given above. The building is of the same type and probably
of the same epoch as the Djamic il-Khidr; but in ground plan (Ill. 261) it is a little
longer and departs from the square. It is spanned by three transverse arches. The
whole building has the appearance of having been often repaired. As this mosque
was constantly in use, I did not wish to disturb the worshippers by taking measurements
inside of it; and I am therefore indebted to my native assistant, George Cavalcanty,
for the measurements given here. The minaret of this mosque is detached, and is
III. 262.
not exactly placed in the plan presented herewith. The parapet of its upper storey is
partly in ruins, the call to prayer is given from the windows below. Early travellers
saw the parapet in a perfect state of preservation. Two panels of a pierced balustrade
of white marble are still in place, supported on either side by posts of basalt3. These
sections of balustrade are ancient, probably of Roman date, and may have come from
the Palace.
id-DabbAghah: 1225 a. d. This building, situated near the northeast angle of
the great reservoir called Birket il-Hadjdj, and having its south wall flush with the
wall of the reservoir, was perhaps not a mosque at all. But it is certainly Moslem
work, is dated in the thirteenth century, and has a mihrab in its south wall. The
1 Cf. Div. Ill, insc. 568.
2 P.A. p. 30.
3 cf. P.A. Fig. 906.