The Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik completes the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the oldest surviving monument of Islamic architecture; its mosaics carry Qur'anic inscriptions, including texts addressed to the People of the Book.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- 691 (exact)
- Era
- Umayyad; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Jerusalem
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Abd al-Malik
- Key texts
- Qur'an (inscription program)
Primary Sources
- The building's inscription band
Secondary Sources
- Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates (Routledge, 3rd ed. 2016)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber, 1991)
Provenance: HIST-0215; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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