History of the al-Haram Mosque
The first extension to the mosque is carried out in the Islamic period, which was under the control of the reign of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab. The Umayyad caliph Al Walid Ben Abdel Malek had a part of the land connected to the surface of the Mosque, so the building was renovated raised in arches decorated with mosaics of marble columns that were originally from Syria and Egypt. Abbasí Abu Jaafar Al Mansu was a caliph who gave the order to join the surface to the Al Haram mosque ordering that a circular corridor be built. Later, the caliph Al-Mahdî, ordered to buy, on the occasion of his pilgrimage, 776 houses located between the Al Haram Mosque and the Massaa. These were destroyed to join their land to the mosque. That is why the surface was extended to 120 thousand square cubits. In the times of the Caliph abasida Al Moutadid Billah and his successor the Caliph Al-Muqtadir Billah this area was enlarged with the importance of the al-Haram mosque and reached its height in the ye...