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The Dome of the Rock, 691–692.

Jerusalem.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is similar to the Umar Mosque, is full of splendour. A former Justinian Basilica, it was reconstructed by Abd al-Malik, destroyed by two earthquakes and rebuilt in 785. Saladin restored it in 1187, according to an inscription, and contributed the beautiful minbar that Noureddin made for the Great Mosque of Aleppo. The mosaics which he used to decorate the sanctuary are, in spite of the period when they were done, similar to those of the Qubbat al-Sakhra and as beautiful.