The Mighlitiya temple at Harran
هيكل مغليتيا بحران
The last great Harranian temple in 332 — Azar's shrine in Bab al-Raqqa with four crypt-vaults of celestial-shaped idols that 'spoke' through priests' pipes, where children were brought to turn pale at the voices, as Ibn Ayshun's qasida describes 1.
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- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
The Temple of Mighlitiya is the great house that remains to the Sabians of Harran, in the city of Harran at the Raqqa gate, in 332 AH, according to al-Mas'udi. For them it is the temple of Azar, the father of Abraham. 2
Al-Mas'udi reports from the poem of Ibn Aysun the judge the mention of four cellars beneath it, made for images of the idols representing the heavenly bodies, and what appears from them of speech, by tricks of bellows and attendants from behind the walls. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 545-546
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.545-546
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islam.museum contributors. “The Mighlitiya temple at Harran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/haykal-mighlitiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.