Funerary enclosure of ‘Abdel Qadir Mufrih Sharif

Description (The direction towards Mecca (Qibla) is described as eastern and other directions are named accordingly)

A huge square enclosure (measuring about 42 x 42 metres), with the main entrance in the centre of the eastern wall. Perimeter walls of rough stone, plastered. The main entrance gate is flanked by pillars of dressed stone topped by cornices formed by a single row of muqarnas, and fleur-de-lys crenellations. There is a muqarnas corbel on each side of the gateway. The steel gate is modern, recently crudely inserted into the gateway. On each corner of the font façade is a sabil with a side window to each side and a central window placed in a rounded corner section. The rectangular windows are placed in shallow recesses topped with muqarnas friezes, and are framed with Mamluk-style knotted mouldings that also surround panels above the windows (recessed over the central windows, protruding over the side windows. The lintels are flat arches of joggled voissoirs. All windows are walled up with rough stone masonry. An undecorated secondary entrance in the middle of the northern wall leads to the rooms attached to the northern perimeter wall. A third entrance is from the west and leads to the room in the northwestern corner. The interior was inaccessible at the time of recording.
An apparently modern marble panel over the northern door states that this is the funerary enclosure of ‘Abdel Qadir Mufrih Sharif. Another marble panel that refers in more elaborate calligraphy to the enclosure and graves of Gamal al-Said ‘Abd al-Hamid and dated 16 July 2004 has been (apparently recently) crudely mounted on the corbel left of the main entrance.