The Dome of the Rock: An Analysis of Its Origins

العنوان بلغة أخرى:	Kubah Shakhrah: Satu Analisis Asal-usulnya
المصدر:	مجلة الإسلام في آسيا
الناشر:	الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية
المؤلف الرئيسي:	Omer, Spahic (Author)
المجلد/العدد:	مج12, ع1
محكمة:	نعم
الدولة:	ماليزيا
التاريخ الميلادي:	2015
الشهر:	يونيو
الصفحات:	200 - 214
ISSN:	1823-0970
رقم MD:	674357
نوع المحتوى:	بحوث ومقالات
اللغة:	الإنجليزية
قواعد المعلومات:	IslamicInfo
مواضيع:	قبة الصخرة \| المسجد الأقصى \| الخلفاء الأمويون
كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية:	The Dome of the Rock \| al-Aqsa Mosque \| the Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan \| the Caliph al-Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Malik
رابط المحتوى:	PDF (صورة)

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المستخلص:	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 Ibn Marwan. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part briefly examines the significance of the Rock (Sakhrah). Therein we have shown that the Rock has no special religious significance whatsoever. The second part tries to answer who exactly built the Dome of the Rock and when. The paper concludes that the likely truth is that the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was able to commence building the edifice only after crushing the insurgence of ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in 73/692. Such were the socio-political conditions in the Muslim state during the insurgency that the caliph’s actions could not transcend the planning and basic preparatory stages, at most. Whether the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was capable of completing the structure during his lifetime or not, remained a debatable point as well. The task of building one of the first and at the same time greatest masterpieces in Islamic architecture might have been completed by his son and successor, al-Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Malik. What follows is shedding more light on these aspects of the topic.
وصف العنصر:	النص باللغة الإنجليزية
ISSN:	1823-0970