The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions,
Ahsan Al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat Al-Aqalim
| Name of text: | The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions, |
| Author of text: | Al-Mukaddasi |
| Date of text: | 985 |
| Date of person in text: | 10th century |
| Name of structure in text: | Mosque of al-Mutawakkil/Great Mosque |
| Type of structure in text: | mosque |
| Date of structure in text | 836, replaced in 849-52 |
| Century of structure 1: | 9 AD |
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| Country in text: | Iraq |
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| City in text: | Samarra |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | walls |
| Description of mosaic in text: | walls coated with 'enamel' - Creswell says this means mosaic |
| Mosaic date in text: | 9 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Al-Mukaddasi, The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions, Creswell, K. A. C., A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (1958), p. 277 |
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