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24 de abr. de 2024 · Al-Aqsa Mosque, mosque in Jerusalem, located in the Old City at the terminal point of the Prophet Muhammad’s Isrāʾ journey. According to Islamic sources, the Qurʾān (17:1) indicates that Muhammad was miraculously transported one night from Mecca ( al-masjid al-ḥaram , or “the sacred place of worship”) to this site in ...
Hace 3 días · The present-day mosque, located on the south wall of the compound, was originally built by the fifth Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705) or his successor al-Walid I ( r. 705–715) (or both) as a congregational mosque on the same axis as the Dome of the Rock, a commemorative Islamic monument.
Hace 2 días · Umayyad religious architecture was the earliest expression of Islamic art on a grand scale and the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus reproduced the hypostyle model at a monumental scale. Moreover, the Umayyads did not come from a cultural void and were aware of their own Arabian cultural history.
Hace 2 días · Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. (more) Damascus was an active commercial centre in the 2nd millennium bce and developed through different stages of urbanization thereafter, reaching its zenith at the beginning of the 7th century ce when it became the capital of the Umayyad empire.
Hace 6 días · The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is considered one of the oldest educational institutions in the history of Arab Islamic Civilization and perhaps the most notable of all. It contained scholars and students seeking after knowledge, and invested richly in them.
8 de may. de 2024 · 3 St John Street, Oxford, OX1 2LG. UK. alain.george@ames.ox.ac.uk. Research interests: Islamic Calligraphy. Early Qur’ans. Arabic Illustrated Books. Early Islamic Art and Architecture. Current projects: The Great Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam (forthcoming book)
14 de may. de 2024 · by World History Edu · May 14, 2024. The Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled the Islamic world and significantly shaped its cultural and intellectual legacy, began its rise to power in 750 AD, succeeding the Umayyad Caliphate.
