Homs, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Homs, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Burns, Ross

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061929
Doc. NO	:	ALei2326
Main Entry	:	Burns, Ross
Title & Author	:	Homs, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Burns, Ross
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,320 words)
Abstract	:	Homs has little to show for its eventful ancient and Islamic past. Its two key remains are the citadel hill on the southwest corner of the old walled city and the Great Mosque of Nūr al-Dīn. Excavations in the 1990s on the 30-metre high citadel hill confirmed earlier assumptions that the historic tell dates back to the third millennium BCE (King 2002, 42). The earliest surviving ancient structure was the tower tomb of a leading figure attached to the ruling dynasty of Emesa, Samsigeramos (d. 78 CE). Lying
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2326.pdf