Al-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Mosque
Al-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Mosque | |
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مسجد الخانقاه الصلاحية | |
![]() Ottoman period | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
District | Jerusalem |
Location | |
Location | Christian Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Ayyubid, Ottoman |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Al-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الخانقاه الصلاحية al-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya) is an Islamic place of worship located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, north of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[1][2][3] It was named after Saladin, who endowed it. As the name indicates, the complex was originally a khanqah, a place for gatherings of Sufi Islamic adherents, including dervishes. The complex today comprises the mosque as well as a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, small rooms for guards, and a very small room for Saladin’s spiritual retreat.[4]
History
The building is situated on the former palace of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Following the Crusader surrender of Jerusalem to Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn (Saladin) in 1187, it became al-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya (lit. 'the lodge of Saladin'). The building comprised a mosque, a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, and small rooms originally for guards, as well as a very small room for Salah ad-Din (Saladin)'s spiritual retreat. As the name indicates, it has also been a Khanqah, a convent of Sufi adherents.[4]
The minaret was built in 1417, during the Mamluk period.[5][6] The minaret is almost identical to that of the Mosque of Omar, located on the other side of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[2] The two minarets were obviously designed as a pair; a line connecting the two minarets would intersect the door of the Tomb of Jesus inside the church, and the minarets are equidistant to that door[7] with their tops at exactly the same elevation despite starting at different ground levels.[8]
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References
- ^ "al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque - Madain Project (en)". madainproject.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ a b "El-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Moschee in Jerusalem, Bilderserie, Fotos, Photos für DSL". www.theologische-links.de. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ PASSIA ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN HOLY PLACES
- ^ a b Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome (2008-02-28). The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-152867-5.
- ^ Winter, Dave & Matthews, John (1999). Israel Handbook, p. 147. Footprint Travel Guides. ISBN 1-900949-48-2
- ^ Moudjir ed-Dyn (1876), p. 169
- ^ El Khanqah-Moschee in Jerusalem (German text and pictures at theologische-links.de)
- ^ Murphy-O’Connor, J. (2008). The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. Oxford Archaeological Guides. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-19-923666-4. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
Further reading
- Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pp. 87−91)
- Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust. ISBN 090503533X. (pp. 517−518)
- Moudjir ed-dyn (1876). Sauvaire (ed.). Histoire de Jérusalem et d'Hébron depuis Abraham jusqu'à la fin du XVe siècle de J.-C. : fragments de la Chronique de Moudjir-ed-dyn.
External links
- Al-Khanqa al-Salahiyya
- al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
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