Bughyat al-ṭalab fī tārīkh Ḥalab/Everything desirable about the History of Aleppo
| Name of text: | Bughyat al-ṭalab fī tārīkh Ḥalab/Everything desirable about the History of Aleppo |
| Author of text: | Kamal al-Din ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad Ibn al-Adim |
| Date of text: | 13th century |
| Date of person in text: | 1192-1262 |
| Name of structure in text: | Great Mosque of Aleppo |
| Type of structure in text: | mosque |
| Date of structure in text | 715-717 |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
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| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Aleppo |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
| Description of mosaic in text: | The Great Mosque of Aleppo rivalled that of Damascus in its gold revetments, marble panelling and mosaics. I have heard it said that Sulayman son of Abd al-Malik built it, and this mosque like the one in Damascus was one of the marvels of the world. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Kamal al-Din 'Umar ibn Ahmad Ibn al-Adim,Bughyat al-talab fi tarikh Halab/Everything desirable about the History of Aleppo, fol. 23.5 Karmal-ad-Din, History of Aleppo, Histoire d’Alep, trans. into French by E, Blochet (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1900), p. 40 |
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| Comments: | Mosque built by Sulayman bin ibn Abd al-Malik (c. 674-717) ruled 715-717. |