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A qubba قُبَّة or (قُبَّات pl. qubbāt, qubbat) —also written ḳubba, kubbet, koubba, &c.—is an Arabic tomb, particularly the domed shrines of Islamic saints.
It originally meant a tent of hides[2] but may also be used generally for tomb sites if they are places of pilgrimage.[3]
It can also be used for the dome of the tomb or as a word for any "dome",[4] such as the Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قُبَّةُ ٱلْصَّخْرَة [Qubbatu 'ṣ-Ṣakhrah] Qubbat al-Sakhrah, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע Kippat ha-Sela).
See also
- Shrine
- Islamic pilgrimage
- Türbe, Ottoman mausoleums
- Gonbad
References
Citations
- ↑ Jessup (1881), p. 452.
- ↑ Meri (2002), pp. 264-5.
- ↑ Meri (2002), pp. 264.
- ↑ Petersen (2001), Glossary.
Bibliography
- Jessup, Samuel (1881). "The Wady Barada". Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Division II. New York: D. Appleton & Co. pp. 444–452..
- Meri, Josef F. (2002). "The cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria". Oxford Oriental Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-925078-3..
- Diez, E. (2010). "Ḳubba". Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed.. Leiden: Brill.. (subscription required)
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0.
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