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On October 18, 1009, Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ordered the complete destruction of the church.
The measures against the church were part of a more general campaign against Christian places of worship in Palestine and Egypt, which involved a great deal of other damage: Adhemar of Chabannes recorded that the church of St George at Lydda ' with many other churches of the saints ' had been attacked, and the ' basilica of the Lord's Sepulchre destroyed down to the ground '.
... The Christian writer Yahya ibn Sa ' id reported that everything was razed ' except those parts which were impossible to destroy or would have been too difficult to carry away '.
" The Church's foundations were hacked down to bedrock.
The Edicule and the east and west walls and the roof of the cut-rock tomb it encased were destroyed or damaged ( contemporary accounts vary ), but the north and south walls were likely protected by rubble from further damage.
The " mighty pillars resisted destruction up to the height of the gallery pavement, and are now effectively the only remnant of the fourth-century buildings.
" Some minor repairs were done to the section believed to be the tomb of Jesus almost immediately after 1009, but a true attempt at restoration would have to wait for decades.

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