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===Ibn Jubayr's Report (Seventh/Thirteenth Century)===
===Ibn Jubayr's Report (Seventh/Thirteenth Century)===


[[Ibn Jubayr]] (614/1217-18) visited the mosque in 579/1184 and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82, 125.</ref> He describes the building to be a magnificent mosque that "opens on Mondays in the month of Rabi' I, which is the month of the Prophet's(s) birth and birthday and all the people will come there on that day to obtain grace and blessings, and other holy places will also be opened on the same day, and it is always the Day of Resurrection in [[Mecca]].<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref>  
[[Ibn Jubayr]] (614/1217-18) visited the mosque in 579/1184 and described it in his travelogue.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 82, 125.</ref> He describes the building to be a magnificent mosque that "opens on Mondays in the month of Rabi' I, which is the month of the Prophet's birth, and people will come there on that day to obtain grace and blessings, and other holy places will also be opened on the same day."<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 154.</ref>  


According to Ibn Jubayr, the Prophet's birthplace in this mosque is built in the form of a pond with a width of three wajabs (0.675m), in the middle of which is a green marble with a width of two-thirds of a wajab (about 0.225m), which is said to be surrounded by silver. The [[Mihrab]] of the mosque is located in front of this place.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref>
According to Ibn Jubayr, the Prophet's birthplace in this mosque is built in the form of a small pond with a width of three spans, in the middle of which is a green marble with a width of two-thirds of a span, covered in silver. The [[mihrab]] of the mosque is located in front of this place.<ref>Ibn Jubayr, 'Safarnama Ibn Jubayr'', p. 126-127.</ref>


===Fasi's report (ninth century)===
===Al-Fasi's Report (Ninth/Fifteenth Century)===


More than two centuries later, the Mecca historian Taqi al-Din Fasi (832 AH) gave a description of this place, which was respected and cherished by the people of [[Mecca]], in the book ''Shifaʾ al-gharam''. The building of the mosque is depicted as a square shape with two arcuate arches, which has a large angle in its southwest corner.<ref>Fasi, Shifaʾ al-gharam, vol. 1, p. 268.</ref>
More than two centuries later, the Mecca historian Taqi al-Din Fasi (832 AH) gave a description of this place, which was respected and cherished by the people of [[Mecca]], in the book ''Shifaʾ al-gharam''. The building of the mosque is depicted as a square shape with two arcuate arches, which has a large angle in its southwest corner.<ref>Fasi, Shifaʾ al-gharam, vol. 1, p. 268.</ref>
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===The last descriptions of Mould al-Nabi<small>(s)</small> building before its destruction===
===The last descriptions of Mould al-Nabi<small>(s)</small> building before its destruction===


Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni, who had the opportunity to visit this house in 1315 AH, writes: "On Friday, the 14th, we went to visit the Prophet<small>(s)</small> birthplace  at a place known as the Mawlid al-Nabi<small>(s)</small>, and that place is located in [[Sawq al-layl]] We went inside and went down approximately fourteen steps. We entered a room named after the mosque. After that, we went to another room. There is a shrine in this room. The servant opened the door of the shrine. There is a pit inside this shrine. In the middle of it there is a green stone, which was the birthplace of Prophet.<ref>''Safarnam-iy Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni'', p. 366.</ref>
Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni, who had the opportunity to visit this house in 1315 AH, writes: "On Friday, the 14th, we went to visit the Prophet<small>(s)</small> birthplace  at a place known as the Mawlid al-Nabi<small>(s)</small>, and that place is located in [[Sawq al-layl]] We went inside and went down approximately fourteen steps. We entered a room named after the mosque. After that, we went to another room. There is a shrine in this room. The servant opened the door of the shrine. There is a pit inside this shrine. In the middle of it there is a green stone, which was the birthplace of Prophet." <ref>''Safarnam-iy Mulla Ibrahim Kaziruni'', p. 366.</ref>


MuhammadLabib Batanuni who in 1909/1327 AH. He traveled to mecca in his travelogue and drew a plan from the plan of the Prophet's building and described it as follows: "When you enter it, you first enter a 12-meter-long and 6-meter-wide playground, which is on the right wall. There is a door, after passing through it you will enter a space on which a dome is placed, in the middle of this space and under the dome leaning against the western wall, there is a wooden compartment inside which is a concave marble stone with a little It has sunk in. It can be seen. This place shows the birthplace of the prophet” <ref>Batanuni , ''Safarnam-iy  hijaz'', p. 146.</ref>
MuhammadLabib Batanuni who in 1909/1327 AH. He traveled to mecca in his travelogue and drew a plan from the plan of the Prophet's building and described it as follows: "When you enter it, you first enter a 12-meter-long and 6-meter-wide playground, which is on the right wall. There is a door, after passing through it you will enter a space on which a dome is placed, in the middle of this space and under the dome leaning against the western wall, there is a wooden compartment inside which is a concave marble stone with a little It has sunk in. It can be seen. This place shows the birthplace of the prophet" <ref>Batanuni , ''Safarnam-iy  hijaz'', p. 146.</ref>


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