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    The Dome of the Rock is located in Jerusalem and dates back to the 7th century. It was built by the Khalif Abd el Melek in 691 AD on the site where Abraham was said to have prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac and where Solomon's Temple once stood. The golden domed shrine is considered one of the most beautiful monuments in the world. When Omar became caliph in 637 AD, he ordered the area to be cleared and a temporary mosque to be built beside the sacred rock. Abd el Melik later commissioned the permanent structures of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, making Jerusalem an important place of Muslim pilgrimage.

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    Victoria University of Wellington Library

    THE KIA ORA COO-EE : THE


    MAGAZINE FOR THE ANZACS IN
    THE MIDDLE EAST, 1918
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    THE DOME OF THE ROCK. ▼ ABOUT THIS PAGE


    Among the world's most splendid monuments the Title: The Dome Of
    Dome of the Rock, in the centre of the Temple The Rock

    area, Jerusalem, ranks high. Its beauty is etched Author: C.B.


    deeply in the memory of all who have seen it: the In: The Kia ora
    dome, soaring into Palestine's blue sky, the coo-ee : the
    magazine for the
    colonnades, rich in marble and mosaics, the
    ANZACS in the
    colours, the grace, the whole wonderful shrine that Middle East, 1918
    for a thousand years and more has stood on the
    Publication details: Cornstalk
    rocky summit of Mount Moriah gleaming in Publishing, 1981, Sydney
    sunshine like a "dome of many coloured glass".
    Digital publication kindly
    authorised by: David A. Kent
    Abraham was a resident of Beersheba when he
    Part of: The Kia ora coo-ee : the
    received the Divine order to sacrifice Isaac. They
    magazine for the ANZACS in the
    set out together one morning, and after three days' Middle East, 1918
    travel reached the Mount. The Patriarch stretched Keywords: Literature
    his son on the rock and prepared to slay him; but
    License: Creative
    his hand was stayed, and he offered up a ram Commons
    instead. From that hour the spot became historic; Attribution-Share
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    for long centuries now, it has been sacred, and
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    Almighty tried the faith of his servant, Abraham.
    OTHER FORMATS
    The Dome of the Rock is a shrine, not a mosque,
    and its correct title is Kubbet es Sakhrah. It was
    built by the Khalif Abd el Melek, in A.D. 69I, and CONNECT
    occupies the former site of the Temple of Solomon,
    the sacred rock having formed the floor of the Holy
    of Holies. Though he did not build it, the Khalif
    ▼ BROWSE COLLECTION
    Omar's name will always be associated with the
    Dome. PEOPLE

    PROJECTS
    When Omar made his triumphant entry into
    Jerusalem, in A.D. 637, he ordered the Patriach to WORKS
    conduct him to the "Mosque of David''. The Patriach
    first lead the way to the Holy Sepulchure and then SUBJECTS
    to Sion, saying of each in turn that it was the Autobiography; Biography;
    Mosque. Omar brusquely called him a liar. Finally Journals; Correspondence

    the Khalif was taken to the Haram enclosure, the Contemporary Māori and Pacific
    Islands
    Noble Sanctuary, as it was called. They had to
    Historical Māori and Pacific
    crawl through the gateway, over piles of rubbish, to Islands
    reach the Court of the Sanctuary. Then Omar was Language
    satisfied, saying that this was the spot described by Literary Criticism and History
    the Apostle of Allah. By the Khalif's o'der, the Holy Literature
    Rock was cleared of rubbish, and a temporary New Zealand History
    mosque was built beside it. Science and Natural History

    Omar was assassinated in 644, at Medina. His


    successor was Othman, who rulled for 12 years,
    and was then murdered by rebels. The next Khalif, Aly, was also
    assassinated. After several others had ruled for periods varying from 20
    years to three months, Abd el Melik, 5th of the Omeyyad Dynasty, became
    Khalif. It was he who made Jerusalem a place of Moslem pilgri-mage by
    building the Dome of the Rock and the Mosque of Aska. He consulted the
    Governors of the Provinces before ordering the work to begin, and they all
    expressed cordial approval of the great project.

    The Rock shrine has been damaged by earth-quakes, and has been restored
    several times. As originally built it lacked the outer walls, the colonnade
    being open. In his "Story of Jerusa-lem", Col. Sir C.M. Watson quotes the
    following description of the Dome of the Rock, written by Makaddasi, who
    was born in the Holy City in A.D. 946:—

    "Within the building are three concentric colonnades, with columns of the
    most beautiful marble, polished, and above is a low vaulting; within these
    again is the central hall over the rock; the hall is circular, not octoganal, and
    is surrounded by columns of polished marble, supporting round arches. Built
    above these, and rising high into the air, is the drum, in which are large
    openings; and over the drum is the Dome. The Dome from the floor up to
    the pinnacle, which rises into the air, is in height 100 cubits, and, from afar
    off, you may perceive on the summit of the Dome its beautiful pinnacle, the
    size of which is a fathom and a span. The Dome externally is completely
    covered with brass plates, gilt, while the building itself, its floors and its
    walls, and the drum, are ornament-ted with marble and mosaics".

    Much of the material used in building the Dome of the Rock was obtained
    from ruined buildings.

    C.B.

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