FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).FROM: Broomhall, Marshall. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem. London: Morgan & Scott, 1910 --- (image faces page 111).
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "One of the handsome southern approaches to the mosque of Omar, a Mohammedan temple of religion. The mosque is on the higher level. In the immediate foregrounds is one of the famous fountains of the Temple area, and men may be seen at their religious ablutions. When one reaches the approach it is necessary to rent slippers. They are always kept on hand for the purpose of entering the Mosque and are retained until the visitor finished not only the Mosque of Omar, but also the Mosque el-Aksa on the south end of the area. This is an act of reverence just as we would remove our hats when going into a church. The mosque of Omar is in the front of a richly decorated octagon. The lower part of the walls are of white marble and the upper part of porcelain tiles, whose colors blend in harmonious designs."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This rock has been regarded as sacred from the earliest times. Long before the Hebrew occupation of Palestine, this striking formation led the ancients to view this as a Holy mount. Its length is about 58 feet, the breadth nearly 52 feet. It extends above the surrounding pavement from four to six and half feet. Here on Mount Moriah, which is called also Zion, Abraham was about to offer Isaac. Here by the threshing-floor of Araunsh, David saw the destroying angel. Here also Solomen built the temple, but this rock was not within it as it is within the Mosque. It is probable that the altar of sacrifice stood on the rock. The interior of the Mosque, which is an octagon with sides 66 feet 7 inches in length, is 174 feet in diameter. It is divided by its two series of supports into three concentric parts. The pillars were all taken from older buildings. An inscription in the oldest Arabic character, Cufic, records that "Adballah el-Iman el