Architects
Aleppo
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 … read more
Busra
Date: 1202 and later
Ibrahim b. ʿAli b. Fuhayd is recorded on an inscription as having started work on the construction of one of the towers of the citadel of Busra in 599/1202 … read more
Damascus
Date: 1107
An inscription dated to 500/1107 records that ʿUmar b. Husayn was responsible for the construction of a madrasa in the ʿAmara quarter of Damascus … read more
Hama
Date: 1134-35
An inscription records that Baqi b. Salim b. Asad was responsible for the construction of the minaret of the Congregational Mosque of Hama in 529/1134-35 … read more
Maʿarrat al-Nuʿman
Date: 1199
Two constructions, the minaret of the Congregational Mosque and a Shafiʿi madrasa (religious school) are attributed to Qahir b. ʿAli b. Qanit, and architect working for the … read more
Masyaf
Date: 1155-65
Ibn Mubarak is credited in an inscription with the completion of the castle of Masyaf, an Assassin stronghold in Syria. Another man, known as Qusta … read more
Palmyra
Date: 1177
An inscription records the construction in 573/1177 of a tower (burj) in Palmyra (Tadmur) by the Ayyubid Muhammad b. Shirkuh. This work was conducted by Ghanaʾim b. ʿAbd al-Wahhab … read more
Shayzar
Date: 1233
The ustādh (master) ʿAli is recorded in an inscription as having completed the construction of the castle of Shayzar in 630/1233. This was done for the Ayyubid sultan, Muhammad … read more