A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 524
EL-AKSAH, JERUSALEM. 50^ little farther westward originally, and a portion of it may have beencut off when the neighboring Aksah was built and included withinits walls.1 The troubles which, during the next half-century, succeeded themurder of Ali and his sons, seem to have been unfavorable to… … 95<. View in the Mosque el-Aksali at Jerusalem. determined to erect a mosque at Jerusalem. His objects were to setup that city as a place of pilgrimage in opposition to Mecca, whichwas then in the possession of a rival, and to carry into effect whatwas at one time understood to have been the…
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