Qubba

An 1881 engraving of the "Kubbet Dûris" near Duris in Lebanon

A qubba (Template:Lang-ar) pl. قُبَّات qubbāt), also spelled ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is an Arabic term for tomb structures, particularly Islamic domed shrines.

It originally was used to mean a tent of hides, but it may also be used generally for tomb sites if they are places of pilgrimage. The word is also used for domes atop the mausoleums or in Islamic medieval architecture. A well-known example is the Dome of the Rock, known in Arabic as "Qubbat al-Sakhrah" (Template:Lang-ar).

See also

• Shrine
• Maqam (shrine), regional term: wali or weli
• Mazar (mausoleum)
• Islamic pilgrimage
• Türbe, Ottoman mausoleums
• Gonbad

References

Bibliography

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