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[11] [37] The historian Shelomo Dov Goitein has argued that the Dome of the Rock was intended to compete with the many fine buildings of worship of other religions: "The very form of a rotunda, given to the Qubbat as-Sakhra, although it was foreign to Islam, was destined to rival the many Christian domes" [38] - and more specifically, the ...
Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, romanized: Qubbat al-Silsilah; Hebrew: כיפת השלשלת, romanized: Kippat HaShalshelet) is an Islamic free-standing domed building located adjacently east of the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of many small buildings that can be ...
Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya in Samarra, Iraq, the oldest surviving Islamic domed mausoleum (9th century) [1] [2]. A qubba (Arabic: قُبَّة, romanized: qubba(t), pl. قُباب qubāb), [3] also transliterated as ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is a cupola or domed structure, typically a tomb or shrine in Islamic architecture.
The tomb of Harkhuf and other tombs on the Qubbet el-Hawa. There have been about 100 tombs discovered as of July 2022. [1] The official website of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities writes that the inscriptions on the walls of the tombs here highlight the importance of the roles nobles played during this period of history, such as launching exploratory and commercial voyages and ...
The century of Aghlabid rule saw a degree of political stability and continuity that allowed architectural patronage to flourish. The relatively large number of surviving monuments from this period in one region is unusual for this era of Islamic architecture, allowing for a more detailed study of their architectural development.
Dome of the Ascension of Muhammad. The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج, romanized: Qubbat al-Miʿrāj; Hebrew: כִּיפָּת הַעֲלִיָּיה, romanized: Kippat Ha'Aliyah) is an Islamic free-standing domed structure built by the Umayyads that stands just north the Dome of the Rock on the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem.
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Among specific sites targeted at this time were the graves of the Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud, including the grave of the renowned Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad and one of his most beloved supporters, the Mosque of Fatimah Al Zahraa', daughter of Mohammad, the Mosque of the Two Lighthouses (Manaratayn) as well as the Qubbat Al ...