Dome of the Ascension
The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج Qubbat al-Miraj; Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />כִּיפָּת הַעֲלִיָּיה Kippat Ha'Aliyah) is a free-standing dome that commemorates the Islamic prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven. It is located just north the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.[1]
It is not clear when the original dome was built, but is assumed to have been either Ummayad or Abbasid work, because it is mentioned by Ibn al-Fakih in 903 CE and by al-Muqaddasi in 985 CE as being one of the "two minor domes"; the other being the Dome of the Prophet. However, the modern-day Dome of the Ascension was built by the Ayyubid governor of Jerusalem, Izz ad-Din az-Zanjili in 1200 from Crusader construction materials.[2]
References
- ↑ Al-Aqsa Guide Friends of al-Aqsa 2007
- ↑ le Strange, Guy.Palestine under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A. D. 650 to 1500 pp.154-155.
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