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Description
Property Name: Muawiyah Dam
Inventory No: 966-2-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2010-05-22
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Makkah
Town: Al Taif
Geographic coordinates: 21° 17′ 34.8″ N
40° 29′ 40.2″ E
Historic Period: Umayyad
Year of Construction: 677
Style: Umayyad
Original Use: Water Level Control
Current Use: Unused
Architect: Unknown
Significance
This dam comes in terms of importance at the forefront of the dams despite its small size, as it is 58 m in length, 4 m in width and 8.5 m in height, and is located to the east of the city of Taif, about 8 km, and the importance of this dam is that its construction was ordered by Caliph Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan in the year 58 AH / 677AD, There is an inscription consisting of six lines indicating the date of construction.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
State of Preservation
Moderately preserved
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage