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Al-Haram al-Sharif |
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The Blessed Al Aqsaa mosque
The Blessed El Aqsaa mosque is built south of the glorified Dome Rock and has an area of about 4400 square meters. It was built by the caliph Abdel Malek Ben Marouane in 693 A.D. It was completed by Al Walid Ben Abdel Malek in 705 A.D. |
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Al Buraq Wall
Al Buraq Wall constitutes the southern part of the wall of Al Haram Ash Sharif, which is about 50 meters long and 20 meters high. It is considered as one of the islamic properties because it is part of the Haram Ash Sharif. |
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The Dome of Musa
The Dome of Musa was built by the virtuous king Najm Din son of king Al Kamil in 647 H / 1249-1250 A.D, as it is indicated on the commemorative engraved inscription above its entrance. |
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The Dome of Youssef
The Dome of Youssef was built during the reign of Salah Dine Al Ayyubi in 587 H /1191 A.D, and was renovated in 1092 H/1681 B.C during the Ottoman period, as it is clear from the commemorative inscriptions (which were) engraved on two slab stones. |
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The Fakhriya Minaret
The Fakhriya Minaret is called the Minaret of the Gate of the Maghreb's people. It was founded by Sharaf Din Abdurrahman Ben As Sahib Al Wazir Fakhr Din Al Khalili, the administrator of the Haramayn Ash Sharifayn, in 677 H / 1278 A.D. |
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Bab El-Amud: Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate is the largest of the Old City's seven gates. The name, Bab El-Amud (Gate of the Column) dates back to the time when Hadrian conquered Jerusalem and, in celebration of his victory, built a victory column at this gate. |
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Bab Al-Asbat: St. Stephen's Gate
Bab Al-Asbat is also called Bab Sittna Maryam because it opens onto the road that leads to the tomb of the Virgin Mary. The gate's original L-shaped entrance was removed by the British Mandate Authorities to enable vehicles to reach the Austrian Hospice located along the Via Dolorosa. |
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Bab El-Jdeed: New Gate
Bab El-Jdeed is also known as Bab Abdul-Hamid after the sultan caliph of the time, it was built in 1889 at the request of the European powers in the northwest corner of the enclosure. |
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Bab El-Khalil: Jaffa Gate
Bab El-Khalil was built in 1538 and it faces onto the road that leads to Hebron. The Arabs therefore call it Bab El-Khalil, which could also mean "Gate of the Friend." It was called Jaffa Gate in the last century because it opens onto the road to the coastal town of the same name. |
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Bab El-Magharbeh: Dung Gate
Bab El-Magharbeh owes its name to the community from the Maghreb, which settled below Al-Haram Al-Sharif at the end of the 12th century. It leads to the esplanade and Al-Haram al-Sharif. |
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Bab El-Nabi Dahoud: Zion Gate
Like Jaffa Gate and Lion Gate, the layout of this gate makes you turn inside the outer gate, the idea being that assailants who penetrated the first gates would not be able to break through the second because they could not go back far enough. |
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Bab El-Rahmeh: Golden Gate
The Golden Gate has been bricked up for more than a millennium because a Muslim tradition holds that one day a conqueror will enter through this gate to destroy the city. |
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Bab El-Sahireh: Herod's Gate
The name of this gate translates as "the Gate which watches" or "flower Gate." It is also called Herod's Gate because pilgrims were convinced that the house next to this gate belonged to king Herod Antipas. |
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The Honoured Rock Dome
The caliph Abdel Malek Ben Marwan built the Honoured Rock Dome between 685-691 A.D., as a result of the stability witnessed by the Umayyad dynasty at that time and in order to gather all Muslims around it. |
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The Islamic Museum
To the west of Al Aqsa mosque, within the same compound, you will find the oldest museum in Jerusalem, the Islamic museum established in 1923. The museum is housed in two historic buildings - one Ayyubid, and the other Crusader. |
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Khan Al-Sultan
Khan in Arabic means an inn (hotel). Khan Al-Sultan is located inside the Old City, off Shari' Al-Silsileh. The royal khan was built in 1386 by order of the Mamluk sultan Barquq. The aim was to provide accommodation to the travellers and merchants who came to Jerusalem. |
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The Northern Pavilion
This pavilion was created by a number of sultans and princes in different years. The Great King ‘Issa created the oldest part of this pavilion, the one which extends to the west of Bab Al ‘Atm, in 610 H / 1213 A.D. |
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Al Qalaa
This fortress was built before the Islamic period. It is a great construction, it has a control tower, a mosque for prayers, and space for accommodation. It was renovated and reconstructed, and additions were made to it. The crusaders renovated its construction. |
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Qubat Al Mizan
This minbar was established in the courtyard of the Honoured Rock on the order of the supreme judge Burhan Din Ben Jama‘a in 709 H / 1309 A.D. It has been reported that it was initially a wooden minbar, which was rebuilt in stone in 790 H / 1388 A.D. |
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Salaheddin Street
The busiest shopping street in East Jerusalem, it starts from Az Zahra gate and continues until just before the American Colony Hotel. |
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Solomon's Cave
Solomon's cave is a 200 m cave under the city wall on Sultan Suleiman's street between Damascus and Herod's Gates. Just outside the walled city, opposite the cave, is what is believed to be the quarry of King Solomon. It is now used as a bus station for East Jerusalem. |
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Wall of Jerusalem
Jerusalem is surrounded by a wall on all four sides, the purpose of which was to protect the city from invasion. The earliest was built by the Yabbousites and remnants of the wall are still surrounding the city. Yabous was discovered during the arachaeological digs hgeld in 1960. |
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Az Zawiya Al Jirahiya
Mujir Dine Al Hanbali said about this Zawiya “It is situated at the periphery of Al Qods from the northern side.” It is still located in the district of Sheikh Jarrah in Al Qods. |
