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The first mosque in Medina seems to have been merely a square area enclosed by a brick wall, partly shaded by a wooden roof supported by plaster-coated palm tree trunks. A courtyard with porticos and the sanctuary at the far end was a reproduction of ancient Semitic and Phoenician sanctuaries, a prototype of portico mosques. This mosque (Masjid en-Nebi, the prophet’s oratory) was constructed in 707 by El-Walid, who decorated Muhammad’s tomb with faience plates. Later destroyed by an earthquake and fire, it was reconstructed under Kaïl-Bey, probably following the old plan. It follows the plan of ancient mosques with parallel naves; it contains Muhammad’s tomb.