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The Ummayad Mosque, aka the Grand Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest mosques in the world and is regarded as the fourth-holiest site in Islam, it was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

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Patron: al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (al-Walid I) c.674-715 (r.705-15) Patron Minaret: Abu al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din al-Ashraf Qaitbay c.1416/1418-1496 Circassian Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1468–96)

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