Mosques in the Toukh city and distract, Qalyubia Governorate Architectural archaeological study | ||
| International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Cultural Heritage | ||
| Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 40-98 PDF (2.44 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijmsac.2022.263831 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Nasser Mohamed Afifi | ||
| Lecturer of Islamic Architecture - Faculty of Archeology, Aswan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Toukh is one of the important cities in Qalyubia Governorate, located about 35 km north of Cairo, on the Cairo-Alexandria agricultural road, in the distance between the cities of Qaha and Banha. It is one of the ancient countries that Ibn Mamati mentioned in Qawaneen El Dawaween as Tukh Majul. In the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha, it was known as Tukh Al-Malaq in the villages of the Qalyubia District. And it became the headquarters of the Toukh Department since 1826 AH, and in the year 1871 AH it was named Toukh Center until now, and despite the large extension of the villages of the Toukh district, which includes many important villages with large population densities such as the villages of Mit Kenana, Namol, Al-Deir, Ajhor, Al-Amar, and Biltan, which contained many ancient mosques, but the reconstruction, and renewal dealt with these mosques, and they were recently demolished and rebuilt, perhaps due to the absence of archaeological awareness of the importance of preserving such buildings, and the lack of interest on the part of officials to register them, which prompts the people to demolish and rebuild them in order to seek the reward of God Almighty. Despite that, the field research in the villages of the center resulted in the presence of three mosques, the first in the village of Mashtoher, which is the Waqf or Endowment Mosque, dated before 1179 AH / 1766 AD, the second in the city of Toukh, which is the Omari Mosque, which is dated 1318 AH / 1901 AD, and the third in the village of Arab Al-Ghadiri, which is the mosque of Sayyida Ashq Duran, which is dated In the year 1329 AH / 1911 AD, the three mosques agreed on the general planning, following one general model, and differed in some details that were unique to each of the three mosques from the other, which will be clarified by the study. A full detailed explanation of description, drawing, photography, comparisons and architectural roots, which highlights the importance of these mosques, Attracting attention to the importance of registering the unregistered ones among our Islamic monuments that must be preserved. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Toukh; mosques; Mashtoher; Al-Ghadiri; Ashq Duran | ||
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