Solitude Places

Islam Bey Solitude Places (Accounting Office for the Reconstruction Committee)

It was named after its builder; Islam bey. It is located on the west side of the rock saucer. Built in ((1001 AH / 1593 AD))

Built
1001 AH / 1593 CE
Built by
Islam Bey
Era
Ottoman

A small Ottoman room. This room consists of two floors overlooking the Rock’s nave and consists of one room used as the accounting office for the reconstruction of Al Aqsa Mosque and the lower room is located under the rock dish off Bab Al-Hadid and is used today as the headquarters of the Jerusalem’s Zakat Committee.

Seven reciters of Qur’an were appointed with their sheikh to recite the Quran every day and then to pray to Islam Bey, his family, and all the Muslims. He gave 500 golden coins as a “waqf” to who reads Al-Quran. In the past, it was used as a worship hall.

Solitude Places

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