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Dome of the Rock

Who built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and when was it completed?

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Panoramic view of a small valley with a stream, olive trees, and terraced hillsides in the countryside near Ramallah, Palestine, under a sky with scattered clouds. — Palestine View from a small valley with a stream between large hills of olive groves.

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem was built by the Umayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān. An inscription within the structure indicates that its construction was completed in AH 72, which corresponds to 691–692 CE.1