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Al-Haram Al-Sharif (Temple Mount). A brief guide. Jerusalem. 1929

Auction Closed

July 28, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

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AL-HARAM AL-SHARIF / TEMPLE MOUNT


A brief guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Supreme Moslem Council, 1929


8vo (238 x 167mm.), photographic illustrations, original wrappers, staples, two hole punches in outer margin affecting one border, lower wrapper with portion of the Supreme Moslem Council stamp torn away, as always


An account written from a largely Muslim perspective, but acknowledging that the building’s “identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute”. Also included in the lot are two contemporary photographs of the Temple Mount district.