al-Mushattā

by Walmsley, Alan

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Al-Mushattā (“the winter residence,” also referred to as “al-Mshattā”) is an unfinished palatial structure from the Umayyad period located some 30 km south of ʿAmmān in the Jordanian steppe (bādiya) . Intended to receive Syrian pilgrims returning from the ḥajj , the route for which passed nearby, al-Mushattā was commissioned during the brief reign of the caliph al-Walīd b. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik (al-Walīd II, r. 125–6/743–4), who initiated many projects in the Balqāʾ district of Jund Dimashq. C…

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Al-Mushattā (“the winter residence,” also referred to as “al-Mshattā”) is an unfinished palatial structure from the Umayyad period located some 30 km south of ʿAmmān in the Jordanian steppe (bādiya) . Intended to receive Syrian pilgrims returning from the ḥajj , the route for which passed nearby, al-Mushattā was commissioned during the brief reign of the caliph al-Walīd b. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik (al-Walīd II, r. 125–6/743–4), who initiated many projects in the Balqāʾ district of Jund Dimashq. Construction was halted with his

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei693

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eng Islam

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Walmsley, Alan

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