<P> The Dome of the Rock is now mostly assumed to have been built by the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al - Malik and his son and successor Al - Walid I . According to Sibt ibn al - Jawzi , construction started in 687 . Construction cost was reportedly seven times the yearly tax income of Egypt . A dedicatory inscription in Kufic script is preserved inside the dome . The date is recorded as AH 72 ( 691 / 2 CE ) , the year historians believe the construction of the original Dome was completed . In this inscription , the name of al - Malik was deleted and replaced by the name of Abbasid caliph Al - Ma'mun . This alteration of the original inscription was first noted by Melchior de Vogüé in 1864 . Some scholars have suggested that the dome was added to an existing building , built either by Muawiyah I ( r . 661 -- 680 ) , or indeed a Byzantine building dating to before the Muslim conquest , built under Heraclius ( r . 610 -- 641 ) . </P>
<P> The Dome of the Rock is now mostly assumed to have been built by the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al - Malik and his son and successor Al - Walid I . According to Sibt ibn al - Jawzi , construction started in 687 . Construction cost was reportedly seven times the yearly tax income of Egypt . A dedicatory inscription in Kufic script is preserved inside the dome . The date is recorded as AH 72 ( 691 / 2 CE ) , the year historians believe the construction of the original Dome was completed . In this inscription , the name of al - Malik was deleted and replaced by the name of Abbasid caliph Al - Ma'mun . This alteration of the original inscription was first noted by Melchior de Vogüé in 1864 . Some scholars have suggested that the dome was added to an existing building , built either by Muawiyah I ( r . 661 -- 680 ) , or indeed a Byzantine building dating to before the Muslim conquest , built under Heraclius ( r . 610 -- 641 ) . </P>
who built the dome of the rock in jerusalem
who built the dome of the rock in jerusalem
Umayyad Caliph Abd al - Malik and his son and successor Al - Walid I
Umayyad Caliph Abd al - Malik and his son and successor Al - Walid I