al-Aqṣā mosque, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" al-Aqṣā mosque, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Milwright, Marcus

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059994
Doc. NO	:	ALei391
Main Entry	:	Milwright, Marcus
Title & Author	:	al-Aqṣā mosque, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Milwright, Marcus
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,237 words)
Abstract	:	Al-Aqṣā mosque (al-masjid al-Aqṣā) is located on the western side of the south end of al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf in Jerusalem. In its present form the hypostyle mosque comprises a prayer hall with seven aisles arranged perpendicular to the qibla wall (the south wall) and a portico to the north. The widened and elevated central nave of the prayer hall creates an axis running from the Aqṣā to the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Ṣakhra) in the central zone of the Ḥaram. A monumental dome is
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei391.pdf