The Umayyad congregational mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its relationship to early mosques.(Research) From: Antiquity | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Damgaard, Kristoffer; Walmsley, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2005 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

Mosques constitute one of the principal defining features of urban life in Islam (Grabar 1973: Chapter 5; Frishman & Khan 1994; Hillenbrand 1999b: Chapter II; Insoll 1999; see also Johns 1999 for a critical assessment of the origin of the mosque). From the earliest years of the Muslim community the mosque provided an essential focal point for the faithful, regardless of how unsophisticated the first structures were, such as is seen, for instance, with the fo...

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