Reconciling the views of ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 101 AH/720 CE) on mosque decoration

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Reconciling the views of ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 101 AH/720 CE) on mosque decoration

This paper discusses the views of the 8th Umayyad Caliph, ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (‘Umar II), on mosque decoration. It resolves an ostensible inconsistency between what he as the governor did to the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, and what he intended to do to the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus after...

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Main Author:	Omer, Spahic
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Hamdard Foundation Pakistan 2019
Subjects:	Islamic art and architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/1/76050_Reconciling%20the%20Views%20of%20%E2%80%98Umar%20b.%20%E2%80%98Abd%20al-%E2%80%98Aziz.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/6/76050_Reconciling%20the%20views%20of%20%27umar%20b.%20%27abd%20al-%27aziz%20on%20mosque%20decoration_Scopus.pdf

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