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Description: Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

TitleJerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Creator nameMaison Bonfils

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1860

Object typePhotograph

LocationAga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

SubjectsJerusalem--buildings, structures, etc.Mount of Olives (Jerusalem)Photography--France--History--19th century

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Introduction: The Period and Its Sources

Oleg Grabar

The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

In July 1099 Jerusalem was in ruins. The devastation was only partly physical: a few towers and segments of walls were destroyed, a number of houses broken into and demolished, perhaps a few public or restricted buildings like markets, mosques, and synagogues damaged or...

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Oleg Grabar

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.3-20

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100039&redirecttoanchor=200374

Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--Middle EastJerusalem--HistoryQubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)Muqaddasī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, approximately 946-Excavations (Archaeology)--JerusalemIslamic numismaticsIslam--Historiography

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