Ribat al−Zamani was a hospital erected for pilgrims in Jerusalem.
Location edit
Ribat al−Zamani is located just south−west of Cotton Merchant's Gate, on the north side of Zuqaq Bab al-Mathara,[2] vis a vis Al-'Uthmaniyya.[3] Above the ground floor, part of it expands above the Cotton Merchant's Market.
History edit
An inscription text says:
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate. This blessed place was erected by the servant needful of God Almighty, the Khwaja Shams al-DIn Muhammad b. al- Zamin, the servitor of the Noble Shrine of the Prophet (upon its inmate be the best of blessings and greetings), in the year eight hundred and eighty-one. May God bless our Lord Muhammad and his family.[2][5]
References edit
- ^ van Berchem, 1920, Plate LXXXVI
- ^ a b Burgoyne, 1987, p. 572
- ^ Burgoyne, 1987, pp. 544−554
- ^ van Berchem, 1920, Plate LXXXIX
- ^ van Berchem, 1922, p. 345
Bibliography edit
- Berchem, van, M (1920). MIFAO 45.2 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.3 Fasc. 2 Jérusalem Index général. Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
- Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pp. 345−351)
- Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. ISBN 090503533X. (pp. 572−578)
- Moudjir ed-dyn (1876). Sauvaire (ed.). Histoire de Jérusalem et d'Hébron depuis Abraham jusqu'à la fin du XVe siècle de J.-C. : fragments de la Chronique de Moudjir-ed-dyn. (Moudjir ed-dyn, 1876, p. 145)