The Almoravid Qubba (Arabic: القبة المرابطية),[Note 1] also known as the Qubba al-Ba'diyyin or Qubbaal-Barudiyyin,[1] is a small monument in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was erected by the Almoravid dynasty in the early 12th century.[2] It is notable for its extraordinary decoration and for being one of the only remnants of Almoravid architecture in Marrakesh.[3]
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^الإسبانية, دورية قنطرة. "حول القبة المرابطية في مراكش". المراكشية : بوابة مراكش (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
^Deverdun, Gaston (1959). Marrakech: Des origines à 1912 (in French). Rabat: Éditions Techniques Nord-Africaines. pp. 104–106.
The AlmoravidQubba (Arabic: القبة المرابطية), also known as the Qubba al-Ba'diyyin or Qubba al-Barudiyyin, is a small monument in Marrakesh, Morocco....
1135) in Fez are important examples of Almoravid architecture. The AlmoravidQubba is one of the few Almoravid monuments in Marrakesh surviving, and is...
1135) in Fez are important examples of Almoravid architecture. The AlmoravidQubba is one of the few Almoravid monuments in Marrakesh surviving, and is...
in maintaining or rebuilding the Zawiya of Idris II in the city. The Almoravid dynasty (c.1060–1147) originated among the Lamtuna nomadic Berber tribe...
of the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf. The earliest examples, although limited to small details of larger domes, are found in the AlmoravidQubba in Marrakesh...
remnants of Almoravid religious architecture are the Qubba Ba'adiyyin, a small but highly ornate ablutions pavilion in Marrakesh, and the Almoravid expansion...
(destroyed under the Almohads), in the imperial capital, Marrakesh. The AlmoravidQubba also bears Ali's name. At the advice of Abu Walid Ibn Rushd (grandfather...
Abd al-Mu'min (r. 1130–1163), they succeeded in overthrowing the ruling Almoravid dynasty governing Morocco in 1147, when he conquered Marrakesh and declared...
(in Algeria) and the Mosque of Tinmal.: 232 Polylobed arches at the AlmoravidQubba in Marrakesh A polylobed arch in the Mosque of Tinmal The so-called...
al-Qarawiyyin, the AlmoravidQubba, and the Almoravid Minbar bear examples of Almoravid Kufic. The Kufic script of the Almoravid dinar was imitated in...
Palace in Zaragoza (11th century, Taifa period) AlmoravidQubba in Marrakesh (early 12th century, Almoravid period) Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh (12th century...
Lixus University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes (founded in 9th century) AlmoravidQubba in Marrakesh (early 12th century) Mihrab of the Almohad Mosque of Tinmel...
the south side of the Ben Youssef Mosque, between the mosque and the AlmoravidQubba today. It was demolished in the 20th century to improve circulation...
Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min right after he conquered Marrakesh from the Almoravids. A second version of the mosque was entirely rebuilt by Abd al-Mu'min...
basin in the middle. This layout is similar to that of the much older AlmoravidQubba which was itself an ablutions pavilion. To the east of this structure...
funerary structures Funerary complex of the Column Tomb Central mausoleum (the qubba) of the Column Tomb Burial excavation showing the over-pit system and surface...
life. The nearby Qubba Ba'adiyyin was one of the monumental ablution fountains connected to it. When the Almohads defeated the Almoravids and captured Marrakesh...
different elements. Great Mosque of Algiers Great Mosque of Nedroma AlmoravidQubba Moorish architecture Lists of mosques List of mosques in Africa List...
Zaragoza) and during the Almoravid period (e.g. Qubba al-Barudiyyin in Marrakesh). The elaborate decorative style of the Almoravids was initially restrained...
Marrakesh, Morocco. They were first laid out in the early 12th century by the Almoravid dynasty which founded the city in 1070 CE as their new capital. The walls...
fertile, well-watered country. Tlemcen was an important centre under the Almoravid dynasty and its successors the Almohad Caliphate, who began a new wall...
city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became the capital of Morocco during...
built a small mosque (still extant) next to her tomb. The tomb itself was a qubba, a small mausoleum chamber covered by a dome or pyramidal roof. The sultan...
Abu Inan himself is believed to have been buried in Fes instead, in a qubba attached to the Great Mosque of Fes el-Jdid. After him, most sultans were...
11th-century Aljaferia palace of the Taifas period in al-Andalus. In the Almoravid and Almohad periods (11th–13th centuries), this type of arch was further...
bin Abdallah died on 9 April 1790 in Meknes, and was buried in a small qubba near the Dar al-Makhzen of Rabat. He was succeeded by his son Yazid, who...
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