Located in the Bāb al-Maqām neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Fountain of Qānṣūh al-Yaḥyāwī (Aleppo)
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Bāb al-Nayrab (Aleppo)
Now destroyed, located in the east of the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Bāb al-Nayrab (Aleppo)
Bāb al-Maqām (Aleppo)
Located in the south of the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Bāb al-Maqām (Aleppo)
Bāb Anṭākiyya 2 (Aleppo)
Bāb Anṭākiyya, Aleppo. This is the same monument as the one of emir Duqmāq. Continue reading Bāb Anṭākiyya 2 (Aleppo)
Kumushbughā (d. 801/1399)
Emblem description: Upper field blank, central and lower fields with a cup
Known emblem:
- Bāb Anṭākiyya in Aleppo
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 146
Madrasa al-Ṭāziyya (Jerusalem)
Located close to Bāb al-Silsila in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Continue reading Madrasa al-Ṭāziyya (Jerusalem)
Ṭāz al-Nāṣirī (d. 763/1362)
Emblem description: Upper and lower fields blank, central field with a cup
Known emblem:
- A madrasa/mausoleum in Jerusalem
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 228-229
Aqueduct of emir Ṭānyaraq
Located by the Oronte, north of the Main Mosque in Hama, Syria. Continue reading Aqueduct of emir Ṭānyaraq
Ṭānyaraq (d. 764/1362-63)
Emblem description: Upper field blank, lower field with a cup
Known emblem:
- On an aqueduct in Hama (Syria)
Biblbiography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 224
Khān Tankiz (Jerusalem)
Located in the Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Continue reading Khān Tankiz (Jerusalem)
Madrasa al-Tankizīyya (Jerusalem)
Located next to Bāb al-Silsila in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Continue reading Madrasa al-Tankizīyya (Jerusalem)
Mosque of Sheikh ‘Alī al-Bakkā’ (Hebron)
Located above the entrance portal of the Mosque of Sheikh ‘Alī al-Bakkā’, Hebron. Continue reading Mosque of Sheikh ‘Alī al-Bakkā’ (Hebron)
Emblems of sultan Qāytbāy on the Citadel of Gaziantep
Located on the walls of the Citadel of Gaziantep, Turkey. Continue reading Emblems of sultan Qāytbāy on the Citadel of Gaziantep
Lions of sultan Baybars at Jisr Jindās (Israel)
Located at the Bridge Jindās on the road to Lod, Israel. Continue reading Lions of sultan Baybars at Jisr Jindās (Israel)
Lions’ Gate (Jerusalem)
One of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Continue reading Lions’ Gate (Jerusalem)