Qubba
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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]
It can also be used as a word for "dome".[3]
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References
- Meri, Josef F., The cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria, Oxford Oriental monographs, Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-925078-2, ISBN 978-0-19-925078-3
- E. Diez, "Ḳubba" Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, 2010. by subscription
- Petersen, Andrew (2001): A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology)