The use of Yehya Abu Al Qasim shrine and Al Tahra church and surrounding space for social and mixed religious group development

Abstract

The main reason for our endeavour to present syntheses and rehabilitate the tomb of Yahia Abu Al Qasim is to try to insert this area within the boundaries of the heritage area of the old Mosul area. Previous studies were defined the old city according to the boundaries of the main streets surrounding the urban fabric, while in the usual contexts we see that the boundaries of the heritage and historical area are within the historical wall, this is because the heritage values of space confined between the urban fabric and the wall are not less than the building part. The district of Yahia Abu Al Qasim was considered outside the heritage area because the area is defined by the path of the dividing street between the heritage area and the new area in Mosul, rather than the old wall route. Based on the concept of containment of the river by the historic Nineveh on the left side and the old Mosul on the right side, describing this area by butterfly shape and each part of it represents a wing, and to confirm that it was necessary to have every wing entity and areas of polar growth, (Polar Development); and a spine connecting the poles with a filtration area between the old and the new, so we find that this study may complement the high level and functional for previous studies. The re-designation of the importance of the shrine through spatial analysis will re define the historical dimension of old city by adopting the matching maps and satellite images available for that.