Aleppo: Architects

Date: 1090-91

An inscription dated 483/1090-91 records that Hasan b. Mufarraj al-Sarmani built the upper section of the minaret of the Congregational Mosque of Aleppo. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), pp. 66-67.

Date: 1112

Fahd b. Salman al-Sarmani was responsible for the miḥrāb of the Maqam Ibrahim in Aleppo in 505/1112. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 60.

Date: 1150-51

An inscription dated 545/1150-51 records that Saʿid al-Maqdisi b. ʿAbdallah was responsible for the construction of the Madrasa Shuʿaybiyya at the Bab Antakiyya in Aleppo. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 117.

Date: 1159

An inscription dated 4554/1159 records that ʿIsa b. ʿAli built the Khanqah of Sunqurjah in Aleppo. Sunqurjah was client of Nur al-Din, the ruler of Syria. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 74.

Date: 1193

An inscription dated 589/1193 records that Qasim b. Saʿid constructed the Madrasa Shadhbakhtiyya. The miḥrāb was made by Abu ʿAbdallah and Abu al-Raja, sons of Yahya al-Jibrani. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 115.

Date: 1193-96

Two brothers, Abu ʿAbdallah and Abu al-Raja (sons of Yahya al-Jibrani) are recorded as having worked as stone-cutters and woodworkers. They were responsible work at two buildings in Aleppo. These comprise the mihrāb (prayer niche) of the Madrasa Shadhbakhtiyya (589/1193) and renovation, perhaps also including the miḥrāb, of the Mashhad al-Husayn (592/1196). See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), pp. 34-35.

Date: 1203-1204

Abu al-Thabit Yaqut (or Abu al-Shaʿir Yaqut) is recorded as having constructed in 600/1203-1204 an unspecified building opposite a mausoleum for a family known as al-Khashshab. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 133.

Date: 1243

Al-Mutawwaʿ is recorded as having constructed the Dar al-ʿAdl (House of Justice) in Aleppo in 641/1243. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 112.

Date: 1245-46

An inscription dated 643/1245-46 records that Muhammad b. Jarrar reconstructed the Madrasa (religious school) al-Halawiyya. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), pp. 96-97.

Date: 1494-95

The construction of al-Daraj mosque in Aleppo is credited to the muʿallim (master) Muhammad b. al-Sawwaf in 900/1494-95. See also: Stone-cutter; Mason; Carpenter.

Citation: Mayer, Leo Ary, Islamic Architects and their Works (Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1956), p. 103.