The Grand Mosque of Makkah - Great Expansion

 

The Grand Mosque of Makkah A history of expansion and architecture the hearts of Muslims clung to it’s their eternal Qibla The Muslims has cared for the mosque Since the holy prophetic era until the rise of the great Saudi State Because Hajj and Umrah are fundamental practices in Islam Muslims were concerned with the expansion of the Grand Mosque of Makkah Throughout history, the Grand Mosque of Makkah has undergone various architectural expansions and developments To receive a larger number of yearning hearts and to circumambulate the holy Kaaba The architecture of the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah went through several stages starting from the Caliph Omar Bin Al-Khattab era may God be well pleased with him During his reign, Caliph Ottoman Ibn Affan considered the necessity of expanding the Grand Mosque of Makkah Because of the abundant residence that was surrounding the Grand Mosque it became congested. He ordered the purchasing of the surrounding houses to accommodate more visitors and pilgrims. And in that expansion, Ottoman, May God be well pleased with him, ordered the creation of Riwaq (arcade) for the mosque, after increasing its capacity. And history books documented this urban development and those Riwaqs built by Ottoman.

 

 

These were what proved and confirmed that the Grand Mosque Riwaqs were attributed and designated by Caliph Ottoman Ibn Affan. He was the first to commence the purchasing of neighboring houses and built the Riwaqs in the Grand Mosque. After the years of the caliphate, the Grand mosque got developed In the 64th year after Hijra, the dignified companion of the Prophet Abd Allah Ibn Al-Zubayr conducted new developments in the Grand Mosque he supported its roof with marble pillars and its capacity has increased twice as much as it was in the era of Ottoman In the 75th year after Hijra, during the reign of the Umayyad Abd al-Malik bin Marwan he added some internal architectural plans to the Haram raised its walls and ceiling and also added fifty mithqals (4.25 g) of gold to the top of each column in the mosque During the reign of Al-Walid, the son of Umayyad Abd al-Malik bin Marwan he added columns that were brought from Egypt and the Levant. He also increased the area of the Haram on the eastern side by building a circular Riwaq. During Abbasid Abu Ja'far al- Mansur's reign he ordered the increase of the Riwaq on the nave of the mosque and built a minaret in its northwestern corner.

 

Twenty years later, Muhammad al-Mahdi made a significant expansion into the Haram ensuring that the mosque would be a square and that the Kaaba would be in the center His expansion included all parts of the mosque. He ordered the construction of a large Riwaq for the Haram to be attached to the courtyard of the Kaaba adding columns, crowns, and marble bases and then it was called the Great Abbassid Riwaq and Abbasid expansion continued until the era of Al-Mu’tadid Bi-llah who added Dar an-Nadwa to the Grand Mosque. After he supported the Grand mosque with teak-wooden columns and Riwaqs. Then, in the era of Al-Muqtadir Bi-llah, the size of the mosque was increased via the addition of some doors and the merging of its areas. Despite their tyrannical harmful history against Muslim Arabs, the Turks try to.... embellish their modern history by referring to the Riwaqs of the Grand Mosque as theirs but history proves that the existence of the Riwaqs was approximately nine centuries before their existence their Ottoman’s misguiding narratives seek to obliterate and falsify the truth taking advantage of the Caliph Ottoman Ibn Affan and the association of the name of the Riwaqs with him Anadolu Agency reported that the name of the Riwaqs were related to the Ottomans and after the disapproval of people they had to approve the referring of the Riwaqs to the Caliph Ottoman, may God be well pleased with him to be followed no Civilisation, no History the Ottomans came to the Arab areas they learned civilisation, culture and development.

 

The psychological and historical tensions were a natural result .Among those who were once-powerful Mughals practicing oppressing and murdering throughout their history until everything faded out and fell since then, they see the Arabs as a major reason for overthrowing their empire and conquering their power a civilization woven by Europeans, Arabs and Kurds. The Anatolian Turks are aware of their made-up civilization in contrary to their bloody history and treacherous wars and that civilisation was due to a mixture of peoples and human races. They controlled it with hatred and restraint. Europeans, Arabs, Kurds, and others were among them. The Ottomans created an influential and powerful class to get rid of the indigenous Anatolian people those who tried to be independent of migrant invaders many times in history historical and Ethnic Complex Ottoman history is filled with successive national and ethnic conflicts Between the Turks and the hybrid turks as a result of the intermarriage of the Turks with the Europeans and between the Persians, Shamans and Zoroastrians coming from Central Asia this turned into a historical nightmare until historians changed it with stories of Ottoman myths and dreams.