Rab

Wattle and daub / Rab and Dab
- A system used to in-fill panels in timber framed structures, comprising of vertical staves of oak, interwoven with fine flexible branches or twigs, usually of hazel, and daubed with a mixture of mud, ...

These buildings were known as 'rabÂ'' and consisted of rows of two-storey apartments usually built above shops or khans. One of the earliest examples is the rabc of Sultan al-Ghuri at Khan al-Khalili.