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AL-RUMI "MENKALI BOGHA" MOSQUE IN ALEPPO: ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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This paper aims to study an important survival mosque in Aleppo from Mamluk period. The
importance of this mosque relates to the surviving of its architectural units and elements, and
it is considered to be a true image to the congregational mosques in the city of Aleppo during
this period. The paper includes a descriptive and analytical study to the architectural units and
elements of the mosque; also it sheds the light on the original units which are still surviving
from the construction era including the facades, main entrance, monumental inscriptions,
decorations and stalactites. The original units represents also in the minaret which
characterized by a unique style in Aleppo city, also the majority of the internal parts are still
surviving from the construction era. In addition to the original parts, the paper also studies the
renewal works which occurred to the mosque in the same and later periods depending on the
monumental inscriptions which are still surviving in the mosque, and what mentioned in the
historical sources about these renewal works. The paper also sheds the light on the
destruction that occurred to the mosque, especially in the minaret during the current events in
the city, and this increases the importance of this paper as a documentation study to the
mosque. The paper includes a number of figures and plates which are published for the first
time in this study, noting that all the plates have been photographed by author.

DOI

10.21608/ejars.2016.23632

Keywords

Mosque, Foundation date, Inscriptions, Main portal, Renewal works

Authors

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Abd el-razik,

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Islamic dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt.

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mansour.arch22@yahoo.com

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6

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2

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4389

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2016-12-01

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2016-08-27

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2016-12-30

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133

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149

Print ISSN

2090-4932

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2090-4940

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Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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https://ejars.journals.ekb.eg/

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AL-RUMI "MENKALI BOGHA" MOSQUE IN ALEPPO: ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY

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22 Jan 2023