There is a terrace directly behind the spring, so that the rear facade of the avenue is a mihrab ” niche” of this mausoleum and above the mihrab “niche ” there is a renewal painting of it, by order of Sultan Suleiman Al-Qanouni.
The spring was supplied through the canal that transported water from Sulieman’s pond to Jerusalem. But, the spring is disabled now.
In 1418 AH / 1997 AD. A place of ablution was built around the spring of Suleiman, consisting of 34 faucet with stone benches.
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All (16)Relative to Alaa Al-Din AL-Basiri, who constructed it, and the name of the spring is attributed to Ibrahim Al-Roumi who repaired it. Eastern of Bab Al-Nathir, western of Al-Aqsa mosque.
The spring is disabled now.
The presence of three engravings shows the greatness of this spring and its importance and is located in front of the door of the beholder one of the main doors of the Al-Aqsa Mosque where the seat of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
On the spring there is a large terrace with a stone niche dating back to the Mamluk period.
This was confirmed by Muhammad ibn Khudr al-Roumi dated 982 AH / 1574AD, who lived in the beginning of the Ottoman era in saying: There are also two springs towards the Al-Ashrafiyya school, which is attributed to the late Sultan Qaitbay, one is for Al-Hanafyah and the other is for Al-Shafeyah.
It was called because of its location, the eastern of Bab Al-Mgharaba. It was built in the beginning of the Ottoman Era.
It is located in the southern side of Al-Aqsa between the two terraces, Southwest of Qubbat Al-Sakhra, “dome of the rock”.
The cup spring or Mayda’at Al-kaas spring. It is located in front of Al-Qibli Mosque in the middle of the distance between it and the southern pillars leading to the Dome of the Rock; the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
