What is The Green Dome?
[[File:The_Green_Dome,_Masjid_Nabawi,_Madina.jpg|right|thumb|The Green Dome at the Prophet's Mosque and the Bab al-Baqi' Minaret (Medina)]] The '''Green Dome''' ({{lang-ar|القبة الخضراء|al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrā’}}), is a green dome built over the tombs of [[Muhammad]], Caliph [[Abu Bakr]] and [[Umar]]. The dome is located in the south-east corner of the [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi|Nabawi Mosque]] in [[Medina]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dictionaryofisla00andr|title=Dictionary of Islamic architecture [electronic resource]|last=Petersen|first=Andrew|date=1996|publisher=London ; New York : Routledge|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-203-20387-3}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> File:'Madinah Sharif' Indian token.jpg|17th century bronze coin depicting Mamluk era dome which preceded the current dome. File:Burton Nabi.gif|The Green Dome, in [[Richard Francis Burton|Burton]]'s Pilgrimage, ca. 1850 CE File:Mrs Aisha room.jpg|The grave of Muhammad located inside the quarter seen here. </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Green Dome, The}} [[Category:Mosques in Saudi Arabia]] [[Category:Medina]] [[Category:13th-century buildings and structures]]