books.google.ca - The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Wal?d b. 'Abd al-Malik. This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Great_Mosque_of_Damascus.html?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=ostrich&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Great Mosque of Damascus
