George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource (1734)
(Plan of the Temple of Mecca.)
(View of the Temple of Mecca.)
A. Motte Sculp.
1 Al Caaba.
2 The band of gold.
3 The black Stone.
4 The golden Spout.
5 The Sepulchre of Ishmael.
6 The pulpit.
7 The Station of the Hanifites.
8 The place of Abraham & the Shafeites.
9 The Station of the Hanbalites.
10 The Station of the Malekites.
11 The old gate.
12 The steps moving on wheels to mount up to the door of the Caaba.
13 The inner Inclosure which at night is illuminated with lamps.
14 The building over the Well Zemzem.
15 The treasury.
16 The cupola of al Abbas.
N.B. The enumeral References are the same in the Plan as in the View and shew the same Things —.
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George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource,
C. Ackers in St. John’s-Street, for J. Wilcon at Virgil’s Head overagainst the New Church in the Strand., Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 02 Dec. 2025:
http://quran-archive.org/explorer/george-sale/1734?page=134