| Name of text: |
The Origins of the Islamic State |
| Author of text: |
Baladhuri [abu-i 'Abbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al Baladhuri] |
| Date of text: |
868 |
| Date of person in text: |
d. 892 |
| Name of structure in text: |
Kaaba at Mecca |
| Type of structure in text: |
shrine |
| Date of structure in text |
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| Century of structure 1: |
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| Century of structure 2: |
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| Country in text: |
Saudi Arabia |
| Region in text: |
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| City in text: |
Mecca |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: |
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| Description of mosaic in text: |
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| Mosaic date in text: |
8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
No |
| Colour descriptions in text: |
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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) p. 76 |
| URLs: |
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| Comments: |
Baladhuri notes that al-Walid [reign 705-715] amplified the Haram mosque and provided mosaic. |
