THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE AQSA MOSQUE AREA DURING THE UMAYYAD PERIOD
| dc.contributor.author | Marwan Abu Khalaf | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-01T06:51:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-01T06:51:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper deals with Jerusalem as one of the holiest cities for Muslims after Mecca and Medina. Its holiness is attributed from being the first Qibla (Prayer direction) and from the famous Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) between Mecca and Jerusalem. The city received a special attention since it became an Islamic City mainly from the Second Orthodox Caliph Umar ibn al –Khattab, who came personally to capitulate the city, and from the First Umayyad Caliph Mu’awiyya Ibn Abi Sufian, who transferred the political centralization to the Holy City. The paper also focuses on the urban development of the Aqsa Mosque Area, which forms the eastern part of the pre-Islamic city, through rehabilitating the area to be convenient for the Muslims’ use. This is clearly apparent by the structure of the Aqsa Mosque’s building, done by Umar and Mu’awiya, and by the structure of the most prominent project in the history of Islamic Architecture which includes, The Dome of the Rock, The Aqsa Mosque, The Amir Palace (Dar Al-Imara), and the construction and reconstruction of walls and gates around the whole Area. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2707-9767 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/9874 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Al-Quds University | |
| dc.title | THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE AQSA MOSQUE AREA DURING THE UMAYYAD PERIOD | |
| dc.type | Article |