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Dome of the Rock

قبة الصخرة

Jerusalem

The Dome of the Rock, in the middle of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, over the sacred rock. The book dates its octagonal building to 66 AH (685 CE) to 72 AH (691 CE) under Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 1, and records a restoration of the building and dome in 1964 2.

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Levant & Iraq
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Jerusalem

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The Dome of the Rock mosque, in the middle of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem above the sacred rock; 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan built it on an octagon of stone — begun 66 AH (685) and finished 72 AH (691) 1. The book records its restoration with its dome in 1964 under King Husayn's patronage 2.

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Construction of the Dome of the Rock under Abd al-Malik
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Jerusalem

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Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)· Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)· Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria· Buraq Wall disturbances (1929)

Sources

  1. Bayt al-Maqdis in Islam — a group of scholars and thinkers , p. 43
  2. Bayt al-Maqdis in Islam — a group of scholars and thinkers , p. 93
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islam.museum contributors. “Dome of the Rock”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/dome-of-the-rock/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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