Qasr al-’Ishshah

Date: ca. 1890
Image View Description: interior
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_030


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