The an-Nāranj Pool ( ar, بركة النارنج , ) is a small pool in the
al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...
. It is at the compound's western esplanade, between the
Fountain of Qasim Pasha
The Fountain of Qasim Pasha ( ar, سبيل قاسم باشا) is an ablution and drinking fountain (''sebil'' or ''sabil'') in the western esplanade of the al-Aqsa Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is in front of the Chain Gate. () and the
Fountain of Qayt Bay
Fountain of Qayt Bay ( ar, نافورة قايتباي) or Sabil Qaitbay ( ar, link=no, سبيل قايتباي) is a domed public fountain ('' sabil'') located on the western esplanade of the Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem, near to Madrasa Al-A ...
(to its south).
It was also known as () and (); both are phonetic variations of .
[
It was built in the Ottoman period.]Qaitbay
Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay ( ar, السلطان أبو النصر سيف الدين الأشرف قايتباي) (c. 1416/14187 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H. (1468–14 ...
and again in 1527 by Qasim Pasha Qasim, Qasem or Casim may refer to:
* Qasim (name), a given name of Arabic origin and the name of several people
* Port Qasim, port in Karachi, Pakistan
* ''Kasım'' and ''Casim'', respectively the Ottoman Turkish and Romanian names for General To ...
, a governor of Jerusalem. In 1922, the Supreme Muslim Council reconstructed the pool, paved it with marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...
and encircled it with banisters. The pool is seven metres wide.Al Aqsa Guide
Al-Aqsa Friends 2007.
References
Temple Mount
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