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#151 [Permalink] Posted on 2nd December 2011 09:38

Albayt Alharaam, in 24h Holy Mosque Time Lapse in HD

Unfortunately the video has a nasheed with music, therefore I have not put the video to play directly from here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye7FmaWAaFQ&feature=player_embedded#!

The maker of the Video wrote:

This is a time lapse project of Albeet Alharaam "The Holy Mosque"... combining around 45 Gig of pictures, around 7500 PICs...

The shoots took place during only one day in "Shawwal" month, from a room in Makkah Clock Royal Tower-Fairmont Hotel...

I tried to focus on the things that happening in the Holy Mosque, cleaning, house keeping and construction, as well as the main activities of praying and performing Tawaf "Circulating the Ka'aba"...

It is observed that the view is obstructed by some building equipments and the window is not clear... that is because the Hotel is not finished yet... and I promise to put together a better time-lapse for the Holy Mosque in the future.. if GOD will..

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#152 [Permalink] Posted on 7th December 2011 16:36

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Recent Photos of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah Mountains

Great Photos by Ibn Hanif from this interesting blog

Al-Safa Mountain

Al-Marwah Mountain

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#153 [Permalink] Posted on 9th December 2011 20:51

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#154 [Permalink] Posted on 10th December 2011 10:50

بعض اللقطات الداخلية - Interior - لمشروع التوسعة للحرم المكي الشريف

Some footage of Interior - Interior -
for the expansion project of the campus Mecca

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#155 [Permalink] Posted on 10th December 2011 10:57

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#156 [Permalink] Posted on 10th December 2011 14:11

Governor of Makkah washed the Kaaba

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Washing the Ka'bah

10 December 2011/15 Muharram 1433

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaiz Al Saud, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Makkah, washed the Holy Kaaba today.

Kaaba every year in the months of Muharram and Sha'ban is washed with Zamzam and rosewater. Washing process, a person appointed by the king of Saudi Arabia's King.

Makkah, Muharram 15, 1433, Dec 10, 2011, SPA

On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, Governor of Makkah Region Prince Khalid Alfaisal bin Abdulaziz washed the Kaaba today.

Immediately after his arrival, he and his companions washed the inside of the Kaaba with Zamzam water mixed with rose water, and wiped the walls with pieces of cloth wet with this water.

Along the Governor, the washing of the Kaaba was also carried out by Prince Bandar bin Khalid Alfaisal bin Abdulaziz, General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Rahman Alhosain; Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu; Minister of Hajj Dr. Fouad bin Abdulsalam Farsi; Mayor of Makkah Dr. Osama bin Fadl Al-Bar; Vice General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Nasser Alkhozaim, and Undersecretary the Governorate of Makkah Region Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Khudairi.

The ceremony was witnessed by members of the Islamic diplomatic corps accredited to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a number of ministers, heads of government departments, Attendants of the Holy Mosque and a group of citizens

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#157 [Permalink] Posted on 10th December 2011 16:46

http://www.alyaum.com/News/art/24655.html

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#158 [Permalink] Posted on 10th December 2011 16:48

احصائيات من المشروع:

المساحة الاجمالية المبنية لكامل المشروع (يتضمن مبنى التوسعة مع الساحات و مبنى الخدمات): 709,460 متر مربع.
المساحة المبنية لمبنى التوسعة: 331,400 متر مربع.
المساحة المبنية لمبنى الخدمات: 321,400 متر مربع (تقريبا مساوية لمساحة مبنى التوسعة ).
المساحة المبنية للجسور: 56,660 متر مربع.
الطاقة الاستيعابية لأعداد المصلين في التوسعة اجمالاً: 871,200 مصلّي.
الطاقة الاستيعابية لأعداد المصلّين في مبنى التوسعة: 297,400 مصلّي.
الطاقة الاستيعابية لأعداد المصلّين في مبنى المصاطب: 187,500 مصلّي.
الطاقة الاستيعابية لأعداد المصلّين في ساحات التوسعة: 315,400 مصلّي.
الطاقة الاستيعابية لأعداد المصلّين في الجسور: 71,200 مصلّي.
عدد بوابات مبنى التوسعة: 54 بوابة، بوابة رئيسية في الجهة الشمالية و بوابة رئيسية في الجهة الجنوبية.
ارتفاع القبّة الرئيسية ( من سطح المبنى حتى قمة القبة): 21 متر.
عدد جسور تفريغ الحشود من مبنى المصاطب الى التوسعة: 16 جسر.
عدد المظلات الكبيرة ( 53م * 53م بارتفاع 30 متر): 9 مظلّات.
عدد المظلات الصغيرة ( 28م * 18م بارتفاع 21 متر): 24 مظلة.
عدد مصاعد خدمة المصلّين في مبنى التوسعة (عاديين و معاقين): 16 مصعد.
اجمالي عدد دورات المياه في قبو مبنى التوسعة: 3,120.
اجمالي عدد المواضيء في قبو مبنى التوسعة: 1,380.
اجمالي عدد دورات المياه في مبنى المصاطب: 5,700.
اجمالي عدد المواضيء في مبنى المصاطب: 7500.

Description of the expansion:
The total area built for the expansion (including expansion building, the bridges, the service building and the outdorr premises): 709.460 square meters.
Area of the expansion building: 331.400 square meters.
Area of the service building: 321.400 square meters (approximately equal to the area of the expansion building).
Built-up area of bridges: 56.660 square meters.
The capacity of worshipers in the whole expansion: 871.200 worshipers.
The capacity of worshipers in the a expansion building: 297,400 worshipers.
The capacity of worshipers in the terraces: 187.500 worshipers.
The capacity worshipers in the outdoor premises: 315.400 worshipers.
The capacity worshipers in the Bridges: 71.200 worshipers.
The number of gates of the expansion building: 54 gates, a main gate in the north and a main gate in the south.
Height of the main dome (from the roof of the building to the top of the dome): 21 meters.
The number of bridges unloading crowds from the terraces building to the expansion: 16 Bridge.
Number of large umbrellas (53 m * 53 m, height: 30 m): 9 umbrellas.
Number of small umbrellas (28 m * 18 m, height: 21 m): 24 umbrellas.
The number of service elevators in the expansion building (for ordinary and disabled people): 16 elevator.
The total number of abolution centers in the basement of the expansion building: 3.120.
The total number of toilets in the basement of the expansion building: 1.380.
The total number of toilets in the terrace building: 5700

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#159 [Permalink] Posted on 18th December 2011 11:46

Minbar of Masjid al Haram

منبر المسجد الحرام

A minbar (Arabic: منبر‎, also spelt mimbar or mimber) is a pulpit in the mosque where the imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبة ) where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation. The word is a derivative of the Arabic root m-b-r 'to raise, elevate'; the Arabic plural is manābir (Arabic: منابر‎).

The ornamental design for the Masjid al Haram minbar was produced by Jay Bonner in the same pan-Islamic style that he originally developed for the Sliding Domes at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. This white marble for this minbar is from Macedonia, and was hand carved by the finest Muslim stone workers in Ajmer, India. The floral panels are of two types: high relief, and pierced. The high relief panels include inlaid Persian turquoise stones set in gold plated bezels. The floral elements in the pierced panels are designed so that they have optimum contact with one another; thus providing greater structural integrity to each pierced panel. The Masjid al Haram minbar is mechanized so that it can be easily removed from the Haram courtyard during the Hajj; thereby avoiding potential accidents among the throng of circumambulating pilgrims.

Completed in 2002.

For this revered mosque, Saray Design was given the honour of making a minbar in pure white marble set with turquoise leaves and Qu'ranic calligraphy, which could combine 21st century German technology with 17th century Mughal craftsmanship, to create a movable and air conditioned structure--the first of its kind.

Left: Movable white marble minbar being test driven next to the Ka’bah Shareef.
Right: Indian carvers and inlay artisans putting the final polish to the minbar.

Inlay artisans working on the turquoise calligraphy for the minbar dome.

Above: Ring of calligraphy inside the Masjid Al-Haram Al-Shareef.

Detail of the Qu'ranic calligraphy from the minbar dome inlaid with Persian turquoise.

The Minbar in Masjid al Haram

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#160 [Permalink] Posted on 19th December 2011 20:33

More on Kaaba's staircase

The entry door into the Kaaba is approximately three meters above ground level. A removable stairway is needed to access the Kaaba during cleaning and for occasional visits by honored individuals. Jay Bonner was contracted to design the ornament for this ceremonial portable stairway. The work was produced in carved high relief teakwood with inlaid lapis lazuli stone. The floral ornaments are in the same pan-Islamic style as in the Sliding Domes at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. Completed in 2000