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Or Ms 161 fol.134v Bukhtnassar Orders the Destruction of the Temple, from 'The Chronology of...

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Or Ms 161 fol.134v Bukhtnassar Orders the Destruction of the Temple, from 'The Chronology of Ancient Nations' by Al-Biruni, 1307 (gouache on paper)
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Islamic School, (14th century)
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Edinburgh University Library, Scotland
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1307 AD (C14th AD)
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Athar al-Baqiya 'an al-Quran al-Khaliya; Aby Rayhan al-Biruni (973-1048) Persian polymath scholar; text mentions fasting on the ninth day of the month Ab to commemorate conquest of Bayt al-Muqaddas and its destruction by fire at the hands of Bukhtnassar; thought to mean the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem;

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