Image Gallery of Qazdamrī Mosque (Taqizdamrī Mosque, Shawwā Mosque), Shajāʿiyya/Turkumān, Gaza

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Also Taqizdamrī Mosque, Shawwā Mosque (Jāmiʿ al-Shawwā, according to Gatt). The building dates from 762H/1360-61 AD (cf. Mubayyiḍ, Bināyāt, 223-230).

According to Taabbāʿ a masjid, not jāmiʿ in the strict sense. Built in 767 by the Circassian prince Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad Ibn Ẓafīr al- Ṭaqzdamrī. Destroyed and renovated several times, including WW1. Shihāb al-Dīn's grave is in one of the rooms of the mosque. The names "al-Ẓafar Dhamrī" and "al-Qazamrī" are malpropisms. (Tabbāʿ, vol. 2, p. 144).

See also Sharon, CIAP.

Qazdamrī Mosque, cross section.

Qazdamrī Mosque (Taqizdamrī Mosque, Shawwā Mosque), cross section.

Qazdamrī Mosque, the portal.

Qazdamrī Mosque, top view.