The second Abbasid caliph Abu Ja'far al-Mansur declared his intent to repair the mosque in 753, and he had the gold and silver plaques that covered the gates of the mosque removed and turned into dinars and dirhams to finance the reconstruction which ended in 771.
O segundo califa abbasida Abu Ja'far al-Mansur declarou o seu intento de reconstruír a mesquita no 753, ordenando que as placas de ouro e prata que cubrían as portas foran retiradas e convertidas en cartos para financiar a reconstrución, que rematou no 771.