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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
[[File:قبه الصخره.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Location of al-Sakhra Mosque and al-Aqsa Mosque]] | [[File:قبه الصخره.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Location of al-Sakhra Mosque and al-Aqsa Mosque]] | ||
Construction of al-Sakhra Mosque started in 66/685 in the reign of [[Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]] on the rock on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and finished in 72/691.<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 23.</ref> When [[Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] acceded to [[caliphate]] in [[Mecca]] and forced people to pledge [[allegiance]] with him, Abd al-Malik b. Marwan restricted people's trip to [[Hajj]] and tried to replace it with a visit to and circumambulation around the Dome of the Rock.<ref>Damīrī, ''Ḥayāt al-ḥaywān'', vol. 1, p. 100; Ḥusaynī Tehrānī, ''Imāmshināsī'', vol. 18, p. 323-325.</ref> | Construction of al-Sakhra Mosque started in 66/685-6 in the reign of [[Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]] on the rock on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and finished in 72/691-2.<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 23.</ref> When [[Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] acceded to [[caliphate]] in [[Mecca]] and forced people to pledge [[allegiance]] with him, Abd al-Malik b. Marwan restricted people's trip to [[Hajj]] and tried to replace it with a visit to and circumambulation around the Dome of the Rock.<ref>Damīrī, ''Ḥayāt al-ḥaywān'', vol. 1, p. 100; Ḥusaynī Tehrānī, ''Imāmshināsī'', vol. 18, p. 323-325.</ref> | ||
Dome of the Rock was reconstructed in 216/831 during the reign of the [[Abbassid]] caliph, [[al-Ma'mun]]. After reconstruction, the name of al-Ma'mun replaced the name of Abd al-Malik b. Marwan on stone carvings in the mosque. However, the date remained intact as 72/691.<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 26.</ref> | Dome of the Rock was reconstructed in 216/831-2 during the reign of the [[Abbassid]] caliph, [[al-Ma'mun]]. After reconstruction, the name of al-Ma'mun replaced the name of Abd al-Malik b. Marwan on stone carvings in the mosque. However, the date remained intact as 72/691-2.<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 26.</ref> | ||
In 407/1016-7 a severe earthquake occurred in al-Quds and Dome of the Rock was destroyed. In 413/1022-3 and in the reign of [[Fatimid]] caliph, al-Zahir, al-Sakhra Mosque was reconstructed. Another earthquake in 460/1067-8 destroyed the mosque and it was reconstructed again in the reign of Abbassid caliph, al-Qa'im bi Amr Allah in 467/1074-5.<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 26.</ref> | |||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
This mosque was named al-Sakhra Mosque since it was located on a rock on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. That is why it is also called Dome of the Rock.<ref>Ḥamīdī, ''Tārīkh-i Urshalīm'', p. 17, 18.</ref> | This mosque was named al-Sakhra Mosque since it was located on a rock on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. That is why it is also called Dome of the Rock.<ref>Ḥamīdī, ''Tārīkh-i Urshalīm'', p. 17, 18.</ref> | ||