| Name of text: |
Annals |
| Author of text: |
Al-Tabari (Muhammad ibn Jarir Al-Tabari) |
| Date of text: |
9th-10th century |
| Date of person in text: |
838-c. 923 |
| Name of structure in text: |
Medina Mosque |
| Type of structure in text: |
mosque |
| Date of structure in text |
707 |
| Century of structure 1: |
8 AD |
| Century of structure 2: |
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| Country in text: |
Saudi Arabia |
| Region in text: |
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| City in text: |
Medina |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: |
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| Description of mosaic in text: |
40 loads of tesserae from the King of Rum, on the request of Al-Walid |
| Mosaic date in text: |
8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
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| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
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| Colour descriptions in text: |
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| Bibliography: |
Al-Tabari, Annals, ed. M. J. de Goeje (Leyden: 1879-1901), 40 vols, vol. 2, p. 1194 |
| URLs: |
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| Comments: |
Al-Tabari also notes that the king gave the order to look for mosaics in ruined sites and send them to al-Walid who passed them to Umar, son of Abd al-Aziz |
