Faience in the Dome of the Rock

The History Of Jerusalem In the Umayyad era

Faience in the Dome of the Rock

Suleiman Al-Qanuni commanded to remove the mosaic of the outer wall of Qubbat Al-Sakhra, and to replace it with blue-colored tiles made of pottery.

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