Kaaba
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The Kaaba, also spelled Kaʽba, Kaʽbah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʽba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Hara
The Kaaba
The Black Stone is seen through a portal in the Kaaba.
"Muhammad at the Ka'ba" from the Siyer-i Nebi. Muhammad is shown with veiled face, c. 1595 CE.
Miniature from Jami' al-tawarikh, 706 AH (1306/1307 CE), depicting Muhammad and others moving the black stone into the Kaaba
Prophet's Mosque
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The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Ha
The mosque from the south with the Green Dome visible to the right
A miniature of the mosque in 628 CE (7 AH) after the first expansion
The current main minaret was built during the reign of Qaitbay, while the Green Dome was originally built during the reign of Qalawun but was later rebuilt and painted green in 1837
An illustration of the mosque in the 18th century