Qubba

A qubba (Arabic: قُبَّة‎) pl. قُبَّات qubbāt), also spelled ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is an Arabic term for tomb structures, particularly Islamic domed shrines.

An 1881 engraving of the "Kubbet Dûris" near Duris in Lebanon[1]

It originally was used to mean a tent of hides,[2] but it may also be used generally for tomb sites if they are places of pilgrimage.[3] The word is also used for domes atop the mausoleums or in Islamic medieval architecture.[4] A well-known example is the Dome of the Rock, known in Arabic as "Qubbat al-Sakhrah" (Arabic: قُبَّةُ ٱلْصَّخْرَة‎, romanized: Qubbat eṣ-Ṣakhrah).

See also

• Shrine
• Maqam (shrine), regional term: wali or weli
• Mazar (mausoleum)
• Islamic pilgrimage
• Türbe, Ottoman mausoleums
• Gonbad

References

Citations

1. Jessup (1881), p. 452.
2. Meri (2002), pp. 264-5.
3. Meri (2002), pp. 264.
4. Petersen (2001), p. 326.

Bibliography

• Jessup, Samuel (1881). "The Wady Barada". Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Division II. New York: D. Appleton & Co. pp. 444–452.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Meri, Josef F. (2002). "The cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria". Oxford Oriental Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-925078-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Diez, E. (2010). "Ḳubba". Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed.. Leiden: Brill.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link). (subscription required)
• Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)