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A garden linked to mosque water in Sana’a
A 2005 study describes mosque ablution water being reused to irrigate a quarter garden in Sana’a; its hara model also includes a bathhouse.
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Grey water for a Sana’a garden
Michele Lamprakos’s 2005 study, based on a year of fieldwork, describes the hara model: mosque ablution water irrigated a maqshama garden, and the quarter also included a bathhouse. Figure 3 separately names Maqshamat al-Hurqan among the old city’s many agricultural gardens.[1]
Wholesale trade in the samasir
Wholesale trade took place in larger samasir, or caravanserais, set among the market’s mostly single-storey buildings. Lamprakos places the central market east of a dry wadi.[1]
Sana’a’s tower-house form
Lamprakos writes that Sana’a is best known for its own version of the tower house, which occurs across Yemen. These houses can reach eight storeys; builders used stone and baked brick, and the openings carry plaster decoration.[1]
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A few clear answers before you explore.
What irrigated a quarter’s maqshama garden, according to the 2005 study?
Grey water from the mosque’s ablution pool.[1]
What were samasir used for in the market?
They served wholesale trade.[1]
What are Sana’a’s tower houses built of, according to the 2005 study?
Stone and fired brick, with plaster-decorated openings.[1]
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