Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ,JI1;: i! I ?iff ill 11, 1 :iili ^, .; n liililil fes^ - J Vwri il?!fe- nlUI RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS EOR REBUILDING THE TEMPLE. , ^/>^ 1ft a *> :? ?6i recoveied by the Greeks. 637 it was taken byOmar, the second of the Kalifs, and thus passed un-der Mohammedan rule. The Mosque of Omar on theTemple site was built by this Moh
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ,JI1;: i! I ?iff ill 11, 1 :iili ^, .; n liililil fes^ - J Vwri il?!fe- nlUI RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS EOR REBUILDING THE TEMPLE. , ^/>^ 1ft a *> :? ?6i recoveied by the Greeks. 637 it was taken byOmar, the second of the Kalifs, and thus passed un-der Mohammedan rule. The Mosque of Omar on theTemple site was built by this Mohammedan this time Jerusalem continued under the Kalifsof Bagdad, till 868, when it was taken by Ahmed^ aTurkish sovereign of Egypt. From this till 1099 itwas ruled alternately by Tui-k and Saracen. At thislatter period it was taken by the crusaders under God-frey Bouillon, who was elected king. He was succeededby his brother Baldwin, who died iu 1118. In 1187Saladin, Sultan of the East, took the city. In 1242 itwas restored to the Latin princes by Saleh Ismail,Emir of Damascus. In 1291 it was taken by the Sul-tans of Egypt, who held it until 1382. Selim, Sul-tan of Turkey, made conquest of Egypt, Syria andJerusalem in 1517, and his son Soly
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