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The House and Mosque
of the Prophet at Medina:
The Islamic prototype of both religious and residential architecture,
built in 622 C. E. (1 A.H.or After Hegire, the emigration of the Prophet
to Medina), and enlarged several times in the first century of Islam,
the most important of which is the enlargement of al-Walid, the Umayyad
caliph, in 707.
The Early Congregational
Mosques of the Amsar:
Misr: Name of early Islamic garrison towns, founded in
the conquered regions. The most famous amsar (pl. of misr) were Busra
and Kufa in Iraq, Fustat in Egypt, and Qayrawan in Tunisia. These settlements
grew from informal encampments around a central mosque to capital cities
within the first century Hegire (7th-8th century C. E.).
- The Mosque of Kufa in Iraq
(638, rebuilt 670).
- The Mosque of Basra in Iraq
(635, rebuilt 665).
- The Mosque of Amru, Fustat,
Egypt (641-42).
- Other Early Examples of
Mosques in Bosra, South Syria (late 7th c.).
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