Hallway

Eastern hallway

Landmark Location: East of Al-Aqsa Mosque, adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque.

Built by
May be traced back to the time of the Umayyads
Era
Umayyad

Location relative to Al-Aqsa

East of Al-Aqsa Mosque, adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque.

Reason for the name

Because it is adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Builder

May be traced back to the time of the Umayyads.

Because it is adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

East of Al-Aqsa Mosque, adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque East Dome of the Rock.

May be traced back to the time of the Umayyads.

In the early Islamic period.

The traveler and philosopher Nasir Khusro described part of the eastern hallway saying: At the eastern wall in the middle of the mosque there is a magnificent hallway of polished stone.

You think it is a one-piece sculpture, fifty cubits high and 30 feet wide, with inscriptions, tapestries, and two beautiful doors separated by more than one foot , It has many decorations of iron and copper Damascene; that are bab AlRahma and Bab AlTawba or as Ibn al-Fadl al-‘Umari said describing it “the end of the eastern hallway is a corridor from the Qibla to the north, sixteen and a half cubits, east to west of bab Al- asbat”.

Destroyed by time due to earthquakes and weather factors with a little left that was discovered near the gates of Al-marwani mosque giant.

The Landmark

its name came from the fact that it is adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

East of Al-Aqsa Mosque, adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque East Dome of the Rock.

May be traced back to the time of the Umayyads.

In the early Islamic period.

The traveler and philosopher Nasir Khusro described part of the eastern hallway saying: At the eastern wall in the middle of the mosque there is a magnificent hallway of polished stone.

You think it is a one-piece sculpture, fifty cubits high and 30 feet wide, with inscriptions, tapestries, and two beautiful doors separated by more than one foot , It has many decorations of iron and copper Damascene; that are bab AlRahma and Bab AlTawba – Destroyed by time due to earthquakes and weather factors with a little left that was discovered near the gates of Al-marwani mosque.

History

In the early Islamic period.