Al-Khanqah As-Salahiyya Mosque
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.
The minaret was built in 1417, during the Mamluk period. The minaret is almost identical to that of the Mosque of Omar, located on the other side of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 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 with their tops at exactly the same elevation despite starting at different ground levels.
Gallery
References
- ^ "al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque - Madain Project (en)". madainproject.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "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
- ^ 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