Built in 1279 AD or 678 AH during the reign of Mamluk Sultan Al Mansur Qalawun,[REF] the original structure was made out of wood and was colourless,[REF] painted white and blue in later restorations.
When Saud bin Abdul-Aziz took Medina in 1905, his followers, the Wahhabis, demolished nearly every tomb dome in Medina based on their belief that the veneration of tombs and places thought to possess supernatural powers was an offense against tawhid [REF].