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Taken from: masaha.org/book/4639  أخبار مكة وما جاء فيها من الآثار by محمد بن عبد الله الأزرقي

 

Vol1 p139

(About the Cathedral in Sanaa (1))

The walls were made of multicolored stones and surmounted by a frieze of alabaster blocks. The copper door opened on a nave measuring 80 cubits (2) by 40 cubits. The ceiling supported by columns of carved teak, decorated with golden and silver nails. Then came a room to the right measuring 40 cubits (2) and the same to the left, decorated with mosaics with plant and gold star motives.  And below the marble slab (Which formed the dome of the church) was a pulpit from labah-wood (=Yemen word for ebony) with inlays of white ivory.

Vol 2 p239

….from whose family el Mu ‘Awia  had bought the house Sha ‘b on the height between the two houses after the House called

of the Zing (Dar al Zing) in the possession of the Banu Adi or the Banu Gumah purchased by Mu ‘Awia and rebuilt ……

Vol 2 p252 

Abdullah ben el Mu ‘Awia Zubeir (or Zubayr) owned three houses in a row lying on Mount Ku’eiki’an (Qu'ayqi'an)(3) (in Mekka)

which are called the houses of Zubeir but not the Zubeir (clan) but Abdallah he had bought them from the family Automotiv

ben Nubeih el Sahmi'm part of it is the home of the Zing slaves (raqiqu zanjin) of Abdallah who lived there in the main building,

 he dug a well and allowed by this house a path leading to the red mountains……

Vol 2 p279

The mountain group Thabir consists of six parts:

1 Thabir Geina…..

2 The Thabir el Zang (jabal al-zanj) is so called because the black slaves of Mecca when fetching wood played games there, it

is a part of the...

3 Thabir el Nachil…….