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Shant Yaqub (Santiago)

شنت ياقوب

A great church visited by Christians from every side, fine in build and wide in its courts, with much gold and silver set with rubies, about three hundred crosses and icons of gold and silver; al-Idrisi calls it the greatest church after Jerusalem. 1

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Shant Yaqub is a great church to which the Romans come from every direction, fine in construction and wide in its courtyard, according to al-Idrisi. In it are large sums of gold and silver studded with rubies, about three hundred wrought crosses, and icons of gold and silver. 2

Al-Idrisi describes it as among the greatest churches after Bayt al-Maqdis. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 728
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.728
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islam.museum contributors. “Shant Yaqub (Santiago)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shant-yaqub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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