Yibna Bridge

Mamluk bridge near Yibna

Mamluk Bridge, near Yibna, crosses the river Nahal Sorek (formerly known as Nahr Rubin, or Wadi al-Tahuna), used by Route 410 to Rehovot.

History:

The bridge was one in a series of bridges built by Sultan Baybars in Egypt and Palestine.

According to Clermont-Ganneau, the bridge was built in 671-672 H (1273-1274). The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land cites the completion date as 1273.

Max van Berchem, who examined it in the late 19th century, found that the bridge contained large amount of reused Crusader masonry, some of which carried mason´s marks.

See also

• List of Roman bridges
• Jisr Jindas
• Daughters of Jacob Bridge

Bibliography

• Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1896). [ARP] Archaeological Researches in Palestine 1873-1874, translated from the French by J. McFarlane. Vol. 2. London: Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Levy, Thomas Evan (1995). Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. A&C Black. ISBN 0718513886.
• Meinecke, M. (1992): Die mamlukishe Architecktur in Agypten und Syrien, 2 vols., Gluckstadt.
• Petersen, Andrew (2002). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197270110. p 318-9
• Petersen, A. (2008): Bridges in Medieval Palestine, in U. Vermeulen & K. Dhulster (eds.), History of Egypt & Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid & Mamluk Eras V, V. Peeters, Leuven