Timeline Explorer · Great Mosque of Córdoba · Stop 1 of 5
785 CE · 169 AH approximate debated before the Hijra
Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil began the Great Mosque of Cordoba in 169/785 on the site of the old church whose Christian share he had purchased, completing it quickly .
Abd al-Rahman I founds the Great Mosque — 785 CE · 169 AH
Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil began the Great Mosque of Cordoba in 169/785 on the site of the old church whose Christian share he had purchased, completing it quickly .
Abd al-Rahman II enlarges the mosque — c. 840 CE · c. 225 AH†
Abd al-Rahman II greatly enlarged the mosque's court and aisles in the first half of the ninth century to take the growing city's congregation .
Al-Nasir's minaret on the mosque — c. 951 CE · c. 340 AH†
Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir built the mosque's celebrated minaret about 951 — climbed by twin staircases meeting only at the top and bearing apples of gold and silver .
Al-Hakam II's expansion and mihrab — 961 CE · 350 AH†
Al-Hakam al-Mustansir made the mosque's celebrated enlargement (961–976), perfecting the mihrab and maqsura with interlaced ribbed domes and mosaic sent by the Byzantine king .
Al-Mansur's eastern expansion — c. 987 CE · c. 377 AH†
The hajib al-Mansur ibn Abi Amir added the great eastern enlargement to the mosque about 987, completing the plan the mosque has kept .
