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==Name==
==Name==
Some researchers have suggested that the name 'Uthman for this mosque is because, within the area of the Muṣallā mosques, there was a mosque named after each of the early caliphs, and this mosque was named to complete the names of the four caliphs.<ref>Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262</ref> This mosque is also known today in [[Medina]] as the Dhu al-Nurayn Mosque.
Some researchers have suggested that the name 'Uthman for this mosque is because, within the area of the [[Musalla of the Prophet|Musalla mosques]], there was a mosque named after each of the early caliphs, and this mosque was named to complete the names of the four caliphs.<ref>Masājid al-Atharīyah, p. 262</ref> This mosque is also known today in [[Medina]] as the Dhu al-Nurayn Mosque.


==History of the Current Building==
==History of the Current Building==