Bab al-Rahma cemetery is an Islamic cemetery in
Jerusalem, located along the eastern wall of the
Temple Mount or
Haram al-Sharif
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, also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al- ...
. It extends from
Bab Al-Asbat (Lions' Gate) to the end of the
Al-Aqsa Mosque
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wall near the Umayyad palaces on the southern side. It has an area of about 23 acres. The Bab al-Rahma cemetery contains many graves of the
Companions, most notably
Ubadah ibn al-Samit
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and
Shadad ibn Aus, and on the graves of Mujahideen who participated in the conquest of Jerusalem during the
Omari and
Ayyubid
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conquests. The road to Lions' Gate separates the cemetery in two, Bab al-Rahma Cemetery to the south and
Al-Asbat Gate Cemetery to the North.
Since at least 2011, Palestinian sources assert that the Israeli government intends to convert part of the cemetery into a biblical garden. According to Israel's courts and
Nature and Parks Authority, work near the cemetery is minor and no displacement of graves is allowed.
Despite the restriction, burial activities continue with adding new graves on a regular basis, providing ongoing water contamination of the Gihon spring in the
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It may also refer to:
* City of David (archaeological site) - an archaeological excavation associated with ancient Jerusalem
* Jerusalem Walls National Park
...
.
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Cemeteries in Jerusalem