A major Umayyad building in Jerusalem
691 CE · Jerusalem
The historical record
The Met dates completion of the Dome of the Rock to 691 under Abd al-Malik.
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This is the construction date in the museum account, not the date of a Quranic event.
Century and half-century bounds are editorial filtering aids. They do not turn a broad source period into an exact date.
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗Original concise summary; consult the institution for its full account.
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