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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Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/50305/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50305/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50305/4/50305.pdf |