A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 537
as at one time understood to have been the intention ofMahomet, namely, to convert the temple of Jerusalem into the holyplace of his new religion, instead of that of Mecca. These ulteriorpurposes were never realised, in consequence of the violent oppositionwhich the project met with from the Jews.… … 971. View in the Mosque el-AUsali at Jerusalem. lateral dimensions but diminished in length. From the description givenby Mukaddasi,- the building, thus restored, covered a very much largerarea than the existing mosque, there being as many as seven aisles oneach side of the central aisle. Professor…
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