User:Huldra/Maqam Sitt Sukayna

Schumacher wrote that Sitt Sukayna was a daughter of Zen el-Abidin,Schumacher, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde13deut#page/n106/mode/1up 65] but Petersen, an archaeologist specialising in Islamic architecture, writes that she was the daughter of Husain ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib.Petersen, 2001, p. 303

al-Harawi (d. 1215) who visited Tiberias in 1173 CE, mentioned her shrine,Jacobs, 2014, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ei06BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 115]-116al-Harawi, pp. 27-28 as did Yaqut (d. 1229).Jacut, 1868 III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.70332/2015.70332.Geographisches-Worterbuch-Vol3#page/n519/mode/1up 512]ff

Two later Mamluk inscriptions relates to the shrine:

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1st inscription, on a marble slab (0.93m x 0.56m), written in monumental naskhi script, relates to the founding of the shrine:

...."Ordered the building of this blessed shrine of the Lady Sukaina, daughter of Husein b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib, and of 'Abdallah b. al-'Abbas b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib, peace be upon them, the servants yearning for God the Exalted, Faris ad-din Ilbaki, the cup-bearer, (officer) of (al-Malik) al-'Adil and of (al-Malik) al-Mansur, Governor of Safad, Shaqif and the Maritime Plain. This (was done) on 1 Rajab 694 AH" (=17 May 1275 CE).Mayer, 1932, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56291/2015.56291.Quarterly-Of-The-Department-Of-Antiquities-In-Palestine-Vol1#page/n102/mode/1up 38]–39Mayer, 1932, plate [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56291/2015.56291.Quarterly-Of-The-Department-Of-Antiquities-In-Palestine-Vol1#page/n107/mode/1up XXXI]

Until mid 1990s this was embedded in the western wall of the shrine, but presently it is in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.

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The 2nd inscription, (1.03m x 0.90m), is 8 lines long, relates to the endowment of the waqf:

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Bismallah….These are the sites founded a waqf for the benefit of the shrine (mashad) of Sitt Sukayna following the decision of the court: two faddan of Tiberias from a total of thirty faddan in all; two pieces of land each known al-Harithiyya; the land known as al-Minbar(?); the land known as Bustan al-Qasis; the garden known as al-Qasil; two gardens in the neighbourhood of this blessed shrine; the garden Karm Dar Masur; two pieces of land, one known as al-Bir, and the other as Umm Rujm; a land known as al-Bustan; ….(the waqf) consisting of the whole of the Bustan al-Hannana, in the vicinity of the town of Tiberias and its lake….


"Mayer, 1932, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56291/2015.56291.Quarterly-Of-The-Department-Of-Antiquities-In-Palestine-Vol1#page/n103/mode/1up 39]–41Mayer, 1932, plate [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.56291/2015.56291.Quarterly-Of-The-Department-Of-Antiquities-In-Palestine-Vol1#page/n108/mode/1up XXXII]

Until mid 1990s this was also embedded in the western wall of the shrine, below the previous inscription. Presently in the Bet Gordon Kibbutz Museum.

In spite of the Mamluk inscriptions, the building seems to be of Ottoman origin, according to Petersen. The time of the rebuilding is not known, but it might have been after the earthquake of 1837.

In 1861, it was noted as Sitt Skene on a map made by Zimmerman that year.Grootkerk, 2000, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=J7UzjipP3l8C&pg=PA254 254]

Before 1948, the shrine was well maintained, however, when Petersen visited in 1991 it was falling down, and the site was used for dumping rubbish.

After 1995, it har been renovated and is presently operated as the tomb of Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva.Gonen, 1999,Benvenisti, 2000, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7itq6zYtSJwC&pg=PA280 280]- [https://books.google.com/books?id=7itq6zYtSJwC&pg=PA281 281]

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