The Origins of the Islamic State
| Name of text: | The Origins of the Islamic State |
| Author of text: | Baladhuri ['Abbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al Baladhuri] |
| Date of text: | 868 |
| Date of person in text: | d. 892 |
| Name of structure in text: | Medina Mosque |
| Type of structure in text: | mosque |
| Date of structure in text | 707-9 |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
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| Country in text: | Saudi Arabia |
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| City in text: | Medina |
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| Description of mosaic in text: | Thus al-Walid wrote to his amil [lieutenant, governor] in al-Madinah, ‘Umar ibn-‘Abd-al-‘Aziz ordering him to destroy the mosque and reconstruct it. Meanwhile, he forwarded to him money, mosaic, marble and eighty Greek and Coptic artisans from Syria and Egypt.[…]In the year 246, caliph Ja’far al-Mutawakkil ordered that the mosque of al-Madinah be repaired. Much mosaic was subsequently carried to it; and the year 247 marked the completion of the work. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Baladhuri, The Origins of the Islamic State, ed. and trans. by Philip Khuri Hitti (New York: Longmans, green & Co., 1916), pp. 20-21 |
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