Badr al-Jamālī and the Mosques of Aswan: New Considerations Based on a Building Inscription from the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin

Abstract

يعيد هذا المقال النظر في النقاش حول دور بدر الجمالي في بناء المآذن والمساجد في صعيد مصر، ويدعم ذلك بأدلة إقليمية مستندة على نقش بناء مسجد في أسوان. يعود تاريخ هذا النقش، المحفوظ حاليًا في متحف الفن الإسلامي في برلين، إلى عام 491 هجريًا / 1098 ميلاديًا. يُزعم أن مُشيّد هذا المسجد، الذي يمكن التعرف عليه كمسؤول رفيع المستوى في صعيد مصر، كان على صلة مع بدر الجمالي وابنه. علاوة على ذلك، ينشر هذا المقال لأول مرة النقش المنفذ على شريط من الآجر على ما يعرف بمئذنة الطابية، وهي برج من العصر الفاطمي تم هدمها في عام 2021 لأسباب مجهولة دون إجراء أي توثيق لهذا المبنى التاريخي. في نهاية المقال يتم تحديد أقدم مسجد ومئذنة مسجلين (318 هجريًا / 930 ميلاديًا) في أسوان.The article revisits the discourse on the impact of Badr al-Jamālī on the construction of minarets and mosques in Upper Egypt and substantiates this with regional evidence based on a building inscription of a mosque in Aswan. The inscription, currently housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, dates from the year A.H. 491/1098 C.E. It is argued that the builder of the mosque, who can be identified as a high-ranking official in Upper Egypt, had affiliations with Badr al-Jamālī and his son through patronage. In addition, the paper publishes for the first time the brick band inscription on the so-called Ṭābiya minaret, a tower from the Fatimid era that was demolished in 2021 for unknown reasons without any historical building documentation. At the end of the article, the earliest datable mosque (318/930) and minaret are identified for Aswan.The article revisits the discourse on the impact of Badr al-Jamālī on the construction of minarets and mosques in Upper Egypt and substantiates this with regional evidence based on a building inscription of a mosque in Aswan. The inscription, currently housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, dates from the year A.H. 491/1098 C.E. It is argued that the builder of the mosque, who can be identified as a high-ranking official in Upper Egypt, had affiliations with Badr al-Jamālī and his son through patronage. In addition, the paper publishes for the first time the brick band inscription on the so-called Ṭābiya minaret, a tower from the Fatimid era that was demolished in 2021 for unknown reasons without any historical building documentation. At the end of the article, the earliest datable mosque (318/930) and minaret are identified for Aswan.The article revisits the discourse on the impact of Badr al-Jamālī on the construction of minarets and mosques in Upper Egypt and substantiates this with regional evidence based on a building inscription of a mosque in Aswan. The inscription, currently housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, dates from the year A.H. 491/1098 C.E. It is argued that the builder of the mosque, who can be identified as a high-ranking official in Upper Egypt, had affiliations with Badr al-Jamālī and his son through patronage. In addition, the paper publishes for the first time the brick band inscription on the so-called Ṭābiya minaret, a tower from the Fatimid era that was demolished in 2021 for unknown reasons without any historical building documentation. At the end of the article, the earliest datable mosque (318/930) and minaret are identified for Aswan.The article revisits the discourse on the impact of Badr al-Jamālī on the construction of minarets and mosques in Upper Egypt and substantiates this with regional evidence based on a building inscription of a mosque in Aswan. The inscription, currently housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, dates from the year A.H. 491/1098 C.E. It is argued that the builder of the mosque, who can be identified as a high-ranking official in Upper Egypt, had affiliations with Badr al-Jamālī and his son through patronage. In addition, the paper publishes for the first time the brick band inscription on the so-called Ṭābiya minaret, a tower from the Fatimid era that was demolished in 2021 for unknown reasons without any historical building documentation. At the end of the article, the earliest datable mosque (318/930) and minaret are identified for Aswan.The article revisits the discourse on the impact of Badr al-Jamālī on the construction of minarets and mosques in Upper Egypt and substantiates this with regional evidence based on a building inscription of a mosque in Aswan. The inscription, currently housed in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, dates from the year A.H. 491/1098 C.E. It is argued that the builder of the mosque, who can be identified as a high-ranking official in Upper Egypt, had affiliations with Badr al-Jamālī and his son through patronage. In addition, the paper publishes for the first time the brick band inscription on the so-called Ṭābiya minaret, a tower from the Fatimid era that was demolished in 2021 for unknown reasons without any historical building documentation. At the end of the article, the earliest datable mosque (318/930) and minaret are identified for Aswan

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