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Al-Buraq Mosque
The al-Buraq Mosque () is a subterranean musalla next to the Buraq Wall (Western Wall), near the southwest corner of the Masjid al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. This mosque is called al-Buraq Mosque because of a ring that is nailed to its wall where Muslims believe Muhammad tied the Buraq that carried him from the al-Haram Mosque to the al-Aqsa Mosque during the Night Journey. History The mosque is located inside the vaulted passage that once led to the old Hittah Gate, also known as Barclay's Gate in reference to the discoverer who held the position of the American Consul at the time (James Barclay), who discovered and documented the gate in the year (1852 CE). But the gate was already known to Muslims, as it was mentioned by the Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammad al-Taflati al-Maghribi (d. 1777 CE): "It is the lower door, which is blocked by filling up soil and stones near the door of the Maghribeh Mosque." which is at the south end of the Western Wall. The inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Riwāq
A riwaq (or ''rivaq'', or ) is an arcade or portico (if in front of entrances) open on at least one side. It is an architectural design element in Islamic architecture and Islamic garden design. A riwaq often serves as the transition space between interior and outdoor spaces. As portico or arcade structure, it provides shade and adjustment to sunlight in hot climates, and cover from rain in any locale. Arcade As an arcade element the structure is often found surrounding and defining the courtyards (''sahn'') of mosques and madrasas, and used for covered circulation, meeting and rest, and ritual circumambulation. The arcade element is also found along principal walkways of larger bazaars. Examples Riwaq arcade examples include: *''The Saudi Riwaq'' - portico expansion at the Masjid al-Haram mosque Makkah *Along the main avenues of the Bazaar of Kashan, in present-day Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mamluk Period
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled medieval Egypt, Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks (freed slave soldiers) headed by a sultan. The sultanate was established with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in 1250 and was Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517), conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Mamluk history is generally divided into the Turkic peoples, Turkic or Bahri Mamluks, Bahri period (1250–1382) and the Circassians, Circassian or Burji Mamluks, Burji period (1382–1517), called after the predominant ethnicity or corps of the ruling Mamluks during these respective eras. The first rulers of the sultanate hailed from the mamluk regiments of the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub (), usurping power from his successor in 1250. The Mamluks under Sultan Qutuz and Baybars Battle of Ain Jalut, routed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Double Gate
The Double Gate (Hebrew: , Arabic: ), also known as the Prophet's Gate (Hebrew: , Arabic: ), is a pair of adjacent gates, located on the southern side of the wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque just under the pulpit of the Imam. The gates lead to the courtyards of the mosque through a double door, a corridor 82 m long and about 13 m wide, called the "Old Al-Aqsa". It ends with the staircase of its exit in front of the tribal chapel, 80 meters from the triple door. The door may trace to the Byzantines. The Double Gate and the Triple Gate are both part of the Huldah Gate in the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount. The decorations of the magnificent top of the door resemble the decorations of the Door of Mercy (Umayyad construction). The presence of stones inscribed in Latin does not indicate Roman stonemasonry, but since the discovery that the stones were arranged upside down, indicating either ignorance or disrespect to the Greco-Roman culture and civilization. (The inscription is found o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golden Gate (Jerusalem)
The Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy ('';'' ) is the only eastern gate of the Temple Mount, and one of only two Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem that used to offer access into the city from the East side. The gate has been sealed since 1541, the most recent of several sealings. Its interior can be accessed from the Temple Mount. In Jewish tradition, the Messiah will enter Jerusalem through this gate, coming from the Mount of Olives. Christians and Muslims generally believe that this was the gate through which Jesus entered Jerusalem. Names Each of the two doors of this double-gate has its own name: ('Gate of Mercy') for the southern one, and ('Gate of Repentance') for the northern one. Another Arabic name is the ''Gate of Eternal Life''. In the Mishnah (Middot 1:3), the eastern gate of the Second Temple compound is called the ''Shushan Gate'' (). If the Golden Gate does preserve the location of the Shushan Gate, the concept being based of an exposed ancient arch, most possib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (, ; ) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a member of the clan. The family established dynastic, hereditary rule with Mu'awiya I, the long-time governor of Greater Syria, who became caliph after the end of the First Fitna in 661. After Mu'awiya's death in 680, conflicts over the succession resulted in the Second Fitna, and power eventually fell to Marwan I, from another branch of the clan. Syria remained the Umayyads' main power base thereafter, with Damascus as their capital. The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering Ifriqiya, Transoxiana, Sind, the Maghreb and Hispania ( al-Andalus). At its greatest extent (661–750), the Umayyad Caliphate covered , making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area. The dynasty was toppled by the Abbasids in 750. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; , ; ), born Yosef ben Mattityahu (), was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing '' The Jewish War'', he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed Hasmonean royal ancestry. He initially fought against the Roman Empire during the First Jewish–Roman War as general of the Jewish forces in Galilee, until surrendering in AD 67 to the Roman army led by military commander Vespasian after the six-week siege of Yodfat. Josephus claimed the Jewish messianic prophecies that initiated the First Jewish–Roman War made reference to Vespasian becoming Roman emperor. In response, Vespasian decided to keep him as a slave and presumably interpreter. After Vespasian became emperor in AD 69, he granted Josephus his freedom, at which time Josephus assumed the Emperor's family name of '' Flavius''. Flavius Josephus fully defected to the Roman s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Middot (Talmud)
Tractate Middot (, lit. "Measurements") is the tenth Masekhet, tractate of ''Kodashim, Seder Kodashim'' ("Order of Holies") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. This tractate describes the dimensions and the arrangement of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and the Second Temple buildings and courtyards, various gates, the altar of sacrifice and its surroundings, and the places where the Priests and Levites kept watch in the Temple. The tractate is divided into five chapters and has no Gemara either in the Jerusalem Talmud or the Babylonian Talmud, nor a Tosefta. Subject matter This tractate describes the details and measurements of a hill in the city of Jerusalem known as the Temple Mount (''Har Ha'bayit''), and the Second Temple buildings, courtyards, gates and elements of the site as well as the places where the ''Kohen, Kohanim'' (priests) and Levites kept watch in the Temple. The tractate gives the measurements of the Temple Mount and its various divisions. It states that the Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Moors' Gate
The Temple Mount, a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, also known as the ''al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf'' or Al-Aqsa, contains twelve gates. One of the gates, Bab as-Sarai, is currently closed to the public but was open under Ottoman rule. There are also six other sealed gates. This does not include the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem which circumscribe the external walls except on the east side. List of openable gates The following is an anti-clockwise list of gates which open onto the Al-Aqsa Compound. Currently eleven gates are open to the Muslim public. Non-Muslims are only permitted to enter through the Magharibah (Maghrebis) gate. The keys to all the gates, with the exception of the Magharibah gate are held by the Islamic Waqf; they can only open or close gates with the permission of Israel. Gate of the Tribes (Bab al-Asbat) The Gate of the Tribes ( , ) is located at the north-eastern corner of the compound. Its name refers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel ("Bani Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bab Hittah
Bāb Ḥuṭṭa ( or , ) is a neighborhood in the Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem), Muslim Quarter of the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City of Jerusalem to the north of Al-Aqsa Compound. The name literally means "Forgiveness (or Remission or Pardon) Gate", referring to the :commons:category:Gate of Forgiveness, Remission Gate of the Haram compound, connected by :commons:Bab Hutta Street, Bāb Ḥuṭṭa Street. As one of the northern gates, it is opposite to Abwab Mihrab Mariam and between Madrasah al-Karimiyah and Turbah al-Awhadiyah. It is located on the Northern Wall near the eastern corner. According to the study of Al-Ratrout (2002), the gate's name has changed throughout history. It is believed that this change was due to restorations over the years and Le Strange named this door as the ancient Bab Al-Asbat, Bab al-Asbat. Today, Bab al-Hitta is one of the three gates that are open for morning, evening, and night prayers. History In the late 15th century, Mujir ad-Din described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Western Wall
The Western Wall (; ; Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: ''HaKosel HaMa'arovi'') is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall (; ). In a Jewish religious context, the term Western Wall and its variations is used in the narrow sense, for the section used for Jewish prayer; in its broader sense it refers to the entire retaining wall on the western side of the Temple Mount. At the prayer section, just over half the wall's total height, including its 17 courses located below street level, dates from the end of the Second Temple period, and is believed to have been begun by Herod the Great. The very large stone blocks of the lower courses are Herodian, the courses of medium-sized stones above them were added during the Um ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
