Umayyad Mosque (Damascus)
Congregational mosque in the Old City of Damascus, built under the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715) on the site of a Roman temple of Jupiter that had become a church. The museum database Discover Islamic Art describes it as the first monumental mosque in Islamic history.
Dated events and their evidence
- 706 CE mainstream
al-Walid I decides to build the mosque on the site of the cathedral (Wikipedia: 706); Discover Islamic Art dates the monument Hegira 87-96 / AD 706-715 source - 715 CE mainstream
completed: Wikipedia says 711 or 715; Discover Islamic Art says AH 96 / AD 714-15 source
Where
33.5114° N, 36.3067° E
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Mosque
- https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;isl;sy;mon01;11;en
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