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| Author of text: |
Anonymous, quoting Khalif Omar ibn 'Abd al Aliz |
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| Date of person in text: |
ruled 717-720 |
| Name of structure in text: |
Umayyad Mosque/Great Mosque of Damascus |
| Type of structure in text: |
mosque |
| Date of structure in text |
8th century |
| Century of structure 1: |
8 AD |
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| Country in text: |
Syria |
| Region in text: |
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| City in text: |
Damascus |
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| Description of mosaic in text: |
The Khalif considers the wealth at the mosque excessive and wants to strip the mosaics |
| Mosaic date in text: |
8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
No |
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| Bibliography: |
Cited in Le Strange, Guy, trans., Palestine under the Moslems (London: Alexander P. Watt, 1890), A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from AD 650 to 1500, translated from the works of the Mediaeval Arab Geographers, p. 263 |
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