Yasser Tabbaa

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Images of historic and contemporary monuments in Mosul and the surrounding region in upper Iraq.

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Mosul. Toutounji House. Upper Qa'ah.

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Historic courtyard houses in Mosul constructed for wealthy families in the nineteenth century. These houses were photographed by&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/collections/905 " target="_blank" data-bypass="true">Yasser Tabbaa</a>&nbsp;in the 1980s.

Ottoman Houses of Mosul

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Amadiya Plateau

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View of Amadiyya.

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Mosul. View of Surrounding Landscape.

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Mosul. Mar Tuma (?). Exterior View.

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Mosul. Mar Tuma (?). View to Ninveh Plain.

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Mosul Skyline and Minaret.

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Minaret of Mosul's Nur al-Din Mosque was constructed in 1170-2 by Nur al-Din Zangi and is the only component from the complex, which included a prayer hall and madrasa, that survives intact in its original form today. It is famous not only for its exuberant brick decoration but also its pronounced lean which has earned it the affectionate nickname&nbsp;<span style="font-style: italic;">al-hadba'</span>&nbsp;("the hunchback") among the residents of Mosul.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The brick minaret lies in the northwestern corner of the mosque courtyard. It is built on a tapered stone cubical base 15.5 meters high and 8.8 meters deep. Its four sides have different decoration patterns. The north, south and eastern sides can be grouped, having stepped squares motifs placed on their edges; they are framed by a six pointed stars band; whereas the western side is decorated with a central medallion with geometric and vegetal motifs, a field and border very similar to carpet designs. The center is occupied by an eight-sided star, surrounded by eight five-sided stars. The field is filled with patterns similar to the ones of the three other sides of the cube but here the squares are larger and filled with smaller ones. The border of the western panel consists of hexagons filled with arabesque interlaces. An arcaded door on the eastern side of the square, define the entrance point to the minaret. The tapered cylindrical brick shaft, 45 meters high, leaning eastward, has a circular plan that rests on the square base. It is decorated with seven bands of different brick motifs separated with six thin friezes some of which display  hazarbaf  detailing (brick ornament which is part of the surface, not just applied to it). The balcony sits on metallic consoles supporting the slab and the metallic balustrade. The balcony dates from 1925 when it was repaired after its destruction in 1796 by lightning. The spire is made of simple brickwork topped with rope motif just below the dome ending.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This minaret demonstrates the impact of Iranian architecture in both construction and decoration where hazar-baf is known from as early as the first half of the eleventh century. This type of minaret construction and decoration with a square base is considered to be a typical feature of the later Abbasid minaret constructions and remains in the architectural vocabulary of Iran and Afghanistan.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was reported that on July 26, 2014, the minaret damaged by explosives in an attempt to fully decimate the structure. On June 21, 2017, it was reported that the minaret and mosque were destroyed in an explosion.<span style="vertical-align: super; font-size: 10px;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Notes</span>:<br><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li style="text-align: left;">"Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Iraq's Mosul 'Blown Up' by ISIL." <span style="font-style: italic;">Aljazeera</span>. 22 June, 2017.<a href=" http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/iconic-grand-al-nuri-mosque-iraq-mosul-blown-170621193402284.html" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">&nbsp;http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/iconic-grand-al-nuri-mosque-iraq-mosul-blown-170621193402284.html</a></li></ol></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sources</span>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Al-Janabi Tariq Jawad. <span style="font-style: italic;">Studies in Medieval Iraqi Architecture</span>, 207-211. Baghdad, Ministry of culture and Information, State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage, 1982.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ettinghausen, Richard and Oleg Gabar. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Art and Architecture of Islam 650-1250</span>, 298. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Michell, George, Ed. <span style="font-style: italic;">Architecture of the Islamic World, </span>249.&nbsp;London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bosworth, Clifford Edmond. <span style="font-style: italic;">The New Islamic Dynasties</span>, 190-191. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tabbaa, Yasser. "The architectural patronage of Nur al-Din (1146-1174)."&nbsp;PhD Diss., New York University, 1982.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Culture Under Threat Map,"<span style="font-style: italic;"> theantiquitiescoalition.org, </span>accessed May 04, 2016.&nbsp;https://theantiquitiescoalition.org/resources/maps/</div></div>

Manara Jami' al-Nuri al-Kabir

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Mosul and Environs (Tabbaa Archive)

<div style="text-align: justify;">Dr.&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/authorities/9259" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">Yasser Tabbaa</a>, a prominent scholar in Islamic art and architecture, donated his teaching collection of 35mm slides to the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT in the summer of 2015. The collection also included two&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/collections/1305/details " target="_blank" data-bypass="true">original notebooks</a>&nbsp;documenting some of Dr. Tabbaa's travels. In addition, the online collection includes a select number of his&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/collections/1304/details " target="_blank" data-bypass="true">publications</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The collection spans the majority of the Islamic world but is particularly strong in its documentation of the medieval Islamic architectural heritage of Syria, eastern Turkey, and Iraq. Together, this core group of original photographs records many of the most significant monuments in the historical regions of the Jazira (or Jazirat Aqur, the term medieval geographers used to denote the lands between the northern parts of the Tigris and Euphrates, including Mosul, Raqqa, Diyarbakir and Mardin) and Bilad al-Sham (a medieval toponym denoting greater Syria-Palestine with its major cities of Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Damascus, Jerusalem, and their hinterlands). Pertinent to the events of today, Dr. Tabbaa’s collection documents many of the monuments damaged or destroyed in recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria. His images and notes will be used in the continuing effort of AKDC to substantiate and record the loss of cultural heritage throughout the region.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The digital collection is divided into groups to reflect the general system of geographic and chronological organization of sites in Dr. Tabbaa's slide cabinets. These groups appear as thumbnails on the main collection page and the images within them can be accessed by clicking on the thumbnail and then clicking "view collection."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note: This collection is under development and digitization of Dr. Tabbaa's slides is ongoing.&nbsp; Images will be made available as soon as possible. &nbsp;A <a href="https://www.archnet.org/publications/10400" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">preliminary inventory</a> is available to offer an idea of the scope and contents of the collection. If you need specific images from this collection, please contact <a data-bypass="true" target="_blank" href="mailto:akdc@mit.edu">AKDC</a> directly.</div><br>(<a data-bypass="true" target="_blank" href="http://archnet.org/authorities/2684">Sharon C. Smith</a>, 8 October 2015)<br>

Yasser Tabbaa Archive

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