Qubba

A qubba (also written koubba etc.) is an Arabic word for tomb, especially Muslim domed mausoleums or just the dome of a tomb, or any type of building with a dome, such as the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sachra). Originally it meant a tent of hides.^[1]

It is also used more generally for tomb-sites, if they are places of pilgrimage.^[2]

See also

• Türbe Ottoman mausoleums

Notes

References

• Meri, Josef F., The cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria, Oxford Oriental monographs, Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0199250782, 9780199250783
• E. Diez, "Ḳubba" Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, 2010. by subscription