Location relative to Al-Aqsa
Located inside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Christian Quarter, near the Khankah Mosque, the Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque and the Al Hayat Mosque, after the entrance of Bab El Jadid in St. Francis Road opposite the Great Latin Monastery.
Reason for the name
The proportion of its founder and the position of the Mameluke Sultan, King Al-Mansour Saif al-Din Qalawun (689
Builder
The founder and leader of the Mameluke Sultan, King Mansour Al-Din Saifuddin Qalawun (689-678 AH / 1290-1279 AD).
The mosque has a gate that is located in the northern wall of it.
It leads directly to the prayer house.
It is a rectangle covered with a barrel vault. In the middle of its southern façade there is a stone mihrab consisting of a wrought-iron niche and a 40-square-meter inscription on its wall overlooking the main road.
It seems that the mosque Mansouri neglected for some time, which led to the destruction and confusion in the original name, for example was known until recently in the mosque Alklendri, but it was recently repaired,
In addition, its original name (Al-Mansouri Mosque) inscribed on a marble plaque set above its entrance.
History
686 AH / 1287 AD)