The Minarets of Sanaa

Marchand, Trevor H.J.

Abstract

In his mid-eighteenth-century poem titledThe Mosques of Sanaa,¹ the author Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Khafanji tells the tale of a visit paid by the Great Mosque of the city to the tiny ʿAddil Mosque, located in the former Ottoman suburb of Bir al-ʿAzab. The Great Mosque is personified as a character of wealth and distinction, and impoverished ʿAddil makes a desperate plea for improved conditions of his neglected state. In response, the Great Mosque forecasts that one day ʿAddil will be endowed with all the necessary amenities, including his own minaret andmuʾazzin(person who performs the call to prayer).²...

Citation

Marchand, T. H. (2017). The Minarets of Sanaa. In T. H. Marchand (Ed.), Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill my Eye (119-127). Gingko. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt201mpg0.15

• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 13, 2017
• Pages: 119-127
• Series Title: Gingko Library Art Series
• Book Title: Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill my Eye
• ISBN: 9781909942073
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt201mpg0.15