Some observations on the origins of the Dome of the Rock

This paper challenges an old belief that the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem was built between 65/684 and 72/691 by the Umayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part briefly examines the significance of the Rock (sakhrah). Therein it is shown that the Rock...

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Main Author: Omer, Spahic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2015
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/50305/4/50305.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/50305/
http://journals.iium.edu.my/kaedjournal/index.php/KAEDJournals/article/view/122/137
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