Qasr al-’Ishshah

interior, ceiling

Creator

Date

ca. 1890

Geographic Coordinates
16.05533, 49.000167

Work Type

Notes

All decoration is in lime plaster (malas).Multiple phases, from the 1890s to the 1930s. Dar Dawil section likely predates the 1890s. Later construction designed by 'Alawi Abu Bakr al-Kaf with master masons Suleiman Afif and 'Umar Ya'amar; 2003 reconstruction program conducted by master masons Karami Faraj al-Tamur and 'Awad Ramadan Ba Mu'min.

Image Date
2003
Photographer