Al Borak

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This, for the Arab Muslims, was the very place that Mohammed, on his steed, Al Borak, lifted up from this rock, under the Dome of the Rock, to Heaven.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Crisis in the Middle East - October 10, 2000 2000

"You have heard from the Imam of the journey that the Prophet of God made, when he was roused from sleep by the angel Gabriel who mounted him upon the horse with eagle's wings, Al Borak.

ROUND THE BEND Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

_ According to Mussulman tradition, the rose is thus accounted for: When Mahomet took his journey to heaven, the sweat which fell on the earth from the prophet’s forehead produced _White_ roses, and that which fell from Al Borak´ (the animal he rode) produced _yellow_ ones.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853