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The Inspector's Gate (or the Council Gate, ) is one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Compound ().
It is the second-northernmost gates in the compound's west wall, after the Bani Ghanim Gate.
It is north of the Iron Gate.
The Inspector's Gate (or the Council Gate, ) is one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Compound ().
It is the second-northernmost gates in the compound's west wall, after the Bani Ghanim Gate.
It is north of the Iron Gate.
Names
It has two current Arabic names, both are in use: * the Inspector's Gate or Superintendant's Gate ( ): named after the Inspector of the Two Noble Sanctuaries, theHebron
Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East J ...
] – not to be confused with the Servant of the Two Noble Sanctuaries [of Mecca and Medina]. It was also translated, less precisely, as "Gate of the Watchman".
* the Council Gate ( ): named after the Supreme Muslim Council
The Supreme Muslim Council (SMC; ar, المجلس الإسلامي الاعلى) was the highest body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandatory Palestine under British control. It was established to create an advisory body composed of ...
.
Its obsolete names:
* Michael's Gate ( or ): named after Michael the archangel
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
.
* the Gate of ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr: named after a nearby ribat
A ribāṭ ( ar, رِبَـاط; hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term for a small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called ''murabitun'' ...
: the Aladdin Ribat, which in turn was named after Emir ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr.
* the Prison Gate ( ), when the ribat was converted into a prison.
History
It was probably built on the same spot as theUmayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...
-period Gate of al-Walīd.
It was rebuilt in 1203, during the Ayyubid
The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni ...
era.
The gate was expanded in the Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
period, especially from the eastern side, during the time of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun.
Description
The gate consists of a high and wide entrance, held with a pointed stone knot, with two wooden supports supported by it, topped on the western side by a written copper strip. On the eastern side of the entrance, there is a square shape inside the hallway of the mosque, with open sides covered with a shallow dome, with three rows ofmuqarnas
Muqarnas ( ar, مقرنص; fa, مقرنس), also known in Iranian architecture as Ahoopāy ( fa, آهوپای) and in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture. It is the archetypal form of I ...
.
Environs
The southwestern part of the Muslim Quarter is west (outside) of the gate. The immediate neighborhood is home to a community ofAfro-Palestinians
Afro-Palestinians are Palestinians of Black African heritage. A minority of Afro-Palestinians which number around 350-450 reside in an African enclave around the Bab al-Majlis, in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem.Jonarah Baker'The African-Pal ...
.
Aladdin Street (Bāb an-Nāẓir Street) leads towards the gate.
In the compound's western wall, the gate is between al-Manjakiyya Madrasa (to its north) and the al-Wafā’iyya Zawiya (to its south). #78. the madrasa, 79. the gate, 80. the al-Rumi sebil, 81. the zawiya, 84. the Agha sebil.
In front of each school, there is a sebil
A sebil or sabil ( ar, سبيل, sabīl ; Turkish: ''sebil'') is a small kiosk in the Islamic architectural tradition where water is freely dispensed to members of the public by an attendant behind a grilled window. The term is sometimes also ...
.
In front of al-Manjakiyya is the Ibrāhīm al-Rūmī Sebil, aka or . (Note, however, ''Sabīl Bāb an-Nāẓir'' also refers to the al-Ḥaram Sebil outside of the compound, on .)
In front of al-Wafā’iyya is the Mustafa Agha Sebil ( al-Budayrī Sabil).
References
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