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Creation Date
1969
Image ID
A.100
Subcollection
A
Image Notes
Photograph created December 1969. Photograph processed January 1970. Formerly cataloged as B01.100. Notes written on the slide or index: Mosque of Omar.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel
Description
100- The minaret to the Mosque of Umar, directly opposite the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, west of the Bab al-Silsila. The mosque is said to commemorate the Caliph Umar’s prayer when he entered Jerusalem. The mosque was built by Saladin’s son Afdal Ali in 1193, and the minaret was given its present form sometime before 1465.
Keywords
Jerusalem, Israel
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