Qasr al-’Ishshah

Image View Description

interior

Date

ca. 1890

Creator
‘Alawi Abu Bakr al-Kaf ( architect, )
Work Type
architecture
Location
Tarim, Yemen
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.

Photographer
Conlon, James
Record ID
1819_yemen2008_alishshah_img_027