Jabal Sais
جبل سايس
Jabal Sais is located in Syria
Jabal Sais
Location within Syria
General information
Town or cityRif Dimashq
CountrySyria
Coordinates33°18′11″N 37°21′34″E / 33.303116°N 37.359575°E / 33.303116; 37.359575
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Jabal Sais (Arabic: جبل سايس also known as Qasr Says is a Umayyad desert fortification or former palace in Syria which was built 707-715 AD. The fortification sits near an extinct volcano.[1] Jabal Says is mountain peak next to the fortification which sits 621 meters above sea level.[2]

History

Built from 707-715 AD and located in the Syrian Desert.[3] The location was dependent on the seasonal supply of water which pooled next to the volcano crater. The palace is now just a vestige.[4] The settlement at Jabal Says has existed since 528 AD.[5] According to the historian Jere L. Bacharach, al-Walid I built Jabal Says, likely as a Bedouin summer encampment between his base of operations in al-Qaryatayn and another of his desert forts, Qasr Burqu'.[6]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Barker, Graeme (1999). Companion Encyclopedia of Archeology Volume 1-2. London: Routledge. p. 1086. ISBN 9781134921935. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jabal Says". Geo View. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Ruggles, D. Fairchild (2008). Islamic Gardens and Landscapes. Philadelphia Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvanian Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0812207286. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Remains of the Ummayad Palace in Jabal Says". Syrian Heritage. Syrian Heritage Archive. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Greg (3 December 2019). Rome, Persia, and Arabia : shaping the Middle East from Pompey to Muhammad. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415728805. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Bacharach, Jere L. (1996). "Marwanid Umayyad Building Activities: Speculations on Patronage". In Necpoğlu, Gülru (ed.). Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, Volume 13. Leiden: Brill. pp. 31–32. ISBN 90-04-10633-2.


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