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Hilaliyya Zawiya

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/27730
Date
1790
Description
This mosque, located in he east part of the Jallum quarter, was reconstructed in 1790 to accommodate a mausoleum for Sheikh Mohammed Hilal Ram Hamdani. Over time the mosque's role evolved into a place where pilgrims could meditate in seclusion for 40 days. To house these people cells were added on three floors. The complex also has many tombs of clerics and religious leaders. Source: Hadjar, Abdallah. Historical Monuments of Aleppo. Aleppo: Automobile and Touring Club of Syria (ATCS). 119-120.
 
interior, View of the individual cells , 1991
 
Type of Work
Mosque; Religious building
Subject
Tombs, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Sufism, Cells, Islamic monasteries, Architecture, Islamic --Syria, Architecture, Ottoman
Rights
(c) Shirine Hamadeh 1991
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