The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions,
Ahsan Al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat Al-Aqalim

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The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions,
Ahsan Al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat Al-Aqalim

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
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Iraq
Region in text:
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
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography:

Al-Mukaddasi, The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions,
Ahsan Al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat Al-Aqalim trans. and ed by G. S. A. Ranking (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1897), section 122, p. 196


Creswell, K. A. C., A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (1958), p. 277

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