الشرفات في مساجد مدينة الموصل خلال العصور الإسلامية

Abstract EN

Battlement are one of the characteristics of defensive architecture- familiar at ancient times till the Islamic era-defined as a number of closely-adjacent stones installed at the top of walls, towers and castles through which defenders can shield themselves and launch arrows at their enemies.

It is worth mentioning that the archeological and architectural studies have tackled the concept of Battlement in general.

The dissertation of Dr.

Nusaiba Mohammed Al-Hashimi entitled "Battlement, its Emergence and Development Till the Year656AH/ 1258 AD-" can be cited in this context as one of those studies that illustrated the concept of Battlement according to historical references and archeological architecture.

However, the present paper tackles in particular the subject of Battlement in Mosul city mosques during Islamic eras, and in order to highlight the right concept to which the title refers, it is indispensable to mention that the Prophetic traditions ban the installation of Battlement in mosques.

Hence, the present paper aims at shedding the light on Battlement executed by the artist as it represent a decorative element not an architectural one for reasons and considerations the paper shall explain.

The paper tackles the following: as well as the commitment the Mosuly architecture has made regarding the ban of installing Battlement at mosques.

It also concentrated on the types of Battlement of which the architectural elements of mosques were characterized by in addition to its environmental and structural significance.

The paper ends up with a conclusion encompasses a number of key findings.

Field studies and photographs pertaining to the present paper were adopted in addition to a number of relevant resources and references through which a number of analyses where reached.