Muhammad Hamza Isma'il al-Haddad

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محمد حمزة إسماعيل الحداد

Professor of Islamic architecture, archaeology and civilisation at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, author of the series Islamic Architecture in the Arabian Peninsula, including its volume on the sabils of Mecca and Medina (2004) 1.

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Scholar · teacher · writer
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The Contemporary Era
Region
Egypt & Nile · Arabia

ArchitectureSacred space and pilgrimage

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Muhammad Hamza Isma'il al-Haddad is professor of Islamic architecture, archaeology and civilisation at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, as his book's title page presents him. 1 He is the author of the series Islamic Architecture in the Arabian Peninsula, whose fourth part is [[work/al-asbila-bi-makka-wa-al-madina|The Sabils in the Islamic Architecture of Mecca and Medina]] (2004); the book's references list another of his works on architecture. 1 2

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The Sabils in the Islamic Architecture of Mecca and Medina

People and things also explored

Sabil of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, Masjid al-Haram· Sabil of Sultan Qaytbay at Masjid al-Khayf, Mina· Siqaya of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Masjid al-Haram· Sabil (public water fountain)· The Sabils in the Islamic Architecture of Mecca and Medina· Bir Ruma· Sabil of Mina (1340 AH / 1921-22)· Sabils of King Abd al-Aziz on the Mecca-Jeddah road

Sources

  1. Muhammad Hamza Isma'il al-Haddad, al-Asbila fi al-'imara al-islamiyya bi-Makka al-Mukarrama wa-l-Madina al-Munawwara (2004) , title page
  2. Muhammad Hamza Isma'il al-Haddad, al-Asbila fi al-'imara al-islamiyya bi-Makka al-Mukarrama wa-l-Madina al-Munawwara (2004) , p.64
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Sabil of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, Masjid al-Haram

The sabil the Mamluk sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh built beside Zamzam in the Masjid al-Haram, completed in Rajab 818 AH / 1415, which al-Haddad counts the earliest known three-window sabil.