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In 1009, however, churches were destroyed by the fanatical Caliph (Arab ruler) Hakim, and in 1071 Seljuk Turks took over Jerusalem and began attacking Christian pilgrims.
He was replaced as caliph by his cousin, whose powers were strictly limited by secular laws, until that position, too, was abolished in 1924.
This meant deposing Sultan Mehmet VI, who as caliph (leader of the Islamic world) and sultan stood for the old tradition of combined secular and religious power.
At the far end, set in the southeast wall, is the splendid 10th-century mihrab, lined with marble and gold mosaics, and the maksourah, the enclosure where the caliph attended to his prayers.
Soon after the Prophet's death, the question of choosing a new leader, or caliph, for the Muslim community, or Ummah, arose.