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Dome of the Prophet
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “free-standing dome in the northern temple mount”. Today it says “free-standing dome located on the al-aqsa mosque compound”.
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Dome of the Prophet The Dome of the Prophet ( Arabic : قبة النبي , romanized : Qubbat an-Nabi ), also known as the Dome of the Messenger and the Dome of Muhammad ( Turkish : Muhammed Kubbesi ) is a free-standing dome located on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem . It is located on the northwest part of the terrace where the Dome of the Rock stands and it is near the Dome of the Ascension . The Ḥaram of Jerusalem (324-1099): Temple, Friday Mosque, Area of Spiritual Power .
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Then
free-standing dome in the northern temple mount
Now
free-standing dome located on the al-aqsa mosque compound
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