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The Umayyad congregational mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its relationship to early mosques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2015
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The early mosque at Jarash is reconstructed by archaeological excavation and survey and attributed to a wave of urban renewal in the reign of caliph Hisham (AD 724-743).
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