Schools

The Ottoman School

Consisting of two floors, all outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is being built in its upper floors The door of Mathara.

Built
840 AH / 1437 CE
Built by
Isfahan Shah Khatoonbint Mahmoud Othmani
Era
Mamluk

The upstairs floor, occupies a space above the western gallery, and in the center, Iwan overlooks Al-Aqsa Mosque, the school's perimeter consists of brackets and circles decorated with red stones.

Moreover, the basement was a mosque for this school.

The basement, which was a mosque for the school and at the level of the Al Aqsa squares overlooking them, was captured the occupation authorities and closed the door overlooking the Al – Aqsa and became part of the ceiling of the western tunnel. She arrested by Isfahan Shah Khatoon daughter Mahmud al-Ottmani.

It stated in the register of Awqaf that it was a teacher in 990 AH / 1582 AD Sheikh Islam Sirajuddin Omar bin Abi al-Latif (Mufti of the Holy Land). Sheikh Taha bin sign Shihab al-Din Ahmed bin The Mufti of the Hanafi group.

In the modern era, it was used as a court of law, before it transferred to the grammatical (al nahawia) dome. Then turned to residential housing Muslim families.