بناء جامع دمشق
بناء جامع دمشق
c. 706 CE · 87 AH
In year 87 al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik began building the congregational mosque of Damascus and ordered the enlargement and rebuilding of the Prophet's Mosque; Ibn Abi Abla couples the conquests of India and al-Andalus with 'he built the mosque of Damascus', and recalls the silver basins al-Walid gave him to distribute among the qurra' of the Jerusalem mosque {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 367}.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- الوليد بن عبد الملك
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Sibayn Reclamation and Maslama's Estates· The Conquest of Damascus· The Conquest of Toledo· The Death of Habib ibn Maslama at Damascus· وفاة معاوية بن أبي سفيان· The Founding of al-Ramla· قتل مودود صاحب الموصل بجامع دمشق
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “بناء جامع دمشق”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/building-umayyad-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.