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Around 691-2, the magnifi-
cent Dome of the Rock
(Qubbat al-Sakhra) was built
on the site of the ascension.
Although it was erected by
the caliph 'Abd al-Malik, it is
still mistakenly referred to as
the Mosque of Omar. Omar
did in fact build a haphazard
structure on the Temple
Mount, south of the rock,
probably at the site where the
al-Aqsa mosque was later
constructed.