Located north of khan al-Wazīr in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Khān Qurtbak (Aleppo)
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Bāb al-Faraj (Aleppo)
Located on the north-west corner of the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Bāb al-Faraj (Aleppo)
Fountain of Qānṣūh al-Yaḥyāwī (Aleppo)
Located in the Bāb al-Maqām neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Continue reading Fountain of Qānṣūh al-Yaḥyāwī (Aleppo)
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