It was built in the Ottoman period in the year 800 AH / 1397 AD and has a beautiful stone mihrab that was added by Jarkas Naciri. What distinguishes it from rest of the niches is that it has two unique marble columns The terrae has other names such as the Jarkas terrace.
Ala’a Al-Din Al- Basairi Terrace Al-Basiri terrace Jarkas terrace
Ala’a al-Din- Al-Busairi is located across Al-Nathir gate with a slight deviation to the south, North-west of the Dome of the Rock, and is named after the builder of Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Busairi Religion.
- Built
- 800 AH / 1397 CE
- Built by
- Ala’a al-Din al-Basir, the head of Al-Aqsa Mosque
- Era
- Mamluk
- Place
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
Terraces
Other landmarks in the same category
All (41)Badir spring terrace / ALBUDAIRY TERRACE
In the Ottoman era, Badir Spring terrace was built in a distinctive stone mihrab And was built northwest of Al-Aqsa Mosque, between Bab al-Nazer and Bab Al Hadid, it gained this name because it is very close to Al-Badiri waterway, which is located in its northern corner, it is also named as al-Badiri mausoleum, because it is close to the Al- Badri spring (Mustafa Agha spring).
Qubbat AL-Khader Terrace
Qubbat AL-Khader was built in the Ayyubid or Mamluk era, and was located north of the headquarters of the local zakat committee alongside the Rock’s nave. There is a mihrab that was once used to call for the prayer.
A southern station of the local Zakat Committee terrace
It is located south of the local zakat committee and is adjacent to the western wall of the Rock’s nave, which is a long, narrow-shaped terrace. It got its name because it is near to the local zakat committee.
Islam Bey Solitude Building Terrace
It is on the west of Al-Aqsa Mosque and north of the Zakat Committee. It was built in the Ottoman era, and has a stone mihrab, which is named after it.
Bab Al-Hadid terrace
Bab AL-Hadid Terrace is located acoss Bab Al-Hadid on the western side of Al-Aqsa Mosque,built in the Ottoman period with a simple iron mihrab. And gained its name because it is near to bab Al-Hadid.
Ali Basha terrace ( Ali Basha mihrab; niche )
Ali Basha terrace is named after its builder, the Ottoman ruler of Jerusalem, Ali Basha, and it is also called Ali Basha mihrab; niche.
Bab Al-Qatanin terrace
Bab Al-Qatanin terrace is of the closest terraces to AlQatanin gate, and that’s how it got its name, it is located west of the Dome of the Rock across AlQatanin gate, and was built in the Ottoman era and has an iron mihrab.
The Terrace of the Two Western Trial
West of the Rock’s nave and adjacent to it, and south of the medical clinic towards the staircase of the southwestern trial, west of the Dome of the Rock between the southwestern and central trials.