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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Aleppo (Halab, Syria)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: first building phase, 717-719, restoration date: 1183-1260, destruction date: 1920, restoration date: reconstruction, 1967en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Syrian)en_US
dc.date717-719en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-25T17:26:51Z
dc.date.available2008-07-25T17:26:51Z
dc.date.issued717-719en_US
dc.identifier118660en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/28261en_US
dc.descriptionMashhad al-Husayn was originally founded to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn the son of Ali who was killed by the early Umayyads and also to mark the retuning strength of the Shiite community in Aleppo after the death of Nur al-Din who strongly opposed Shi'ism. The mashhad was built between 1183-1260, the long construction period was due to the slow accumulation of funds from the local Shiites that required the shrine be built in stages. It survived throughout the development of the city, earthquakes and abandonment until it was almost completely destroyed in 1920 by an explosion of ammunition that was stored in the building. Using Herzfeld's documentation photographs and drawings, the mashhad was reconstructed forty years later by the local Shiite community. Source: http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7502 [Accessed August 7, 2012]en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, view of squinch dome over chamber from northwest, 1983en_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.format.mediumlimestoneen_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.format.mediumgraniteen_US
dc.relation.ispartof133841en_US
dc.rights(c) Yasser Tabbaa 1983en_US
dc.subjectDomesen_US
dc.subjectMosquesen_US
dc.subjectTombsen_US
dc.subjectShrinesen_US
dc.subjectMausoleumsen_US
dc.subjectMashhadsen_US
dc.subjectMuslim saintsen_US
dc.subjectIslamic sectsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Syriaen_US
dc.subjectSepulchral monumentsen_US
dc.subjectShiitesen_US
dc.subjectDomesen_US
dc.subjectSquinchesen_US
dc.titleHusayn Mashhaden_US
dc.title.alternativeMashhad al-Husaynen_US
dc.title.alternativeMashhad al-Husseinen_US
dc.title.alternativeMashhad al-Hosseinen_US
dc.title.alternativeMash'had al-Hoseinen_US
dc.title.alternativeMashhad al-Sheikh Muhsanen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode315en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.culturalContextSyrianen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeShrine (structure)en_US
vra.worktypeMosqueen_US
vra.worktypeMausoleumen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Syrian)en_US


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