The Qattaneen Market The covered market was built by Prince Tankz al-Nasiri during the year 1336 1337 AD during the reign of Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, who made   many architectural contributions to Jerusalem, outperforming other sultans in that. Mamluks, the revenues of the market were divided equally between the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Tanzi school. 

 The market street extends 95 meters in length from the courtyard of the Holy Mosque in the east to the intersection of Al-Wad Street with the Aqaba Al-Khalidiyah in the west. The market is considered one of the most beautiful and complete markets in Palestine, as Mujir al-Din al-Hanaili described it, praising it.

The cotton market consists of two floors. On the first floor, there are two rows, each containing thirty commercial magazines, i.e. a total of sixty. Al Qin), and on the second floor there are sixty private rooms that were used as hostels for visitors and travelers, and the windows of their rooms overlook the market. 

The style of the arches at the entrances to the shops located on the Arab side of the market differs from their counterparts on the eastern side of it, which indicates that the shops on the eastern side were built separately from those on the western side. The design of the market takes a rectangular shape, and it has a ceiling with vaulted arches divided into a series of arches. It divided the ceiling into thirty museum tiles, each of which was illuminated to allow air and light to enter

to the market. The visitor notices that in the middle of the market, there is a signature engraved on one of the sides of the building decorated with muqarnas, specifically on the ceiling lighting opening. Bin Ahmed Alish, may God have mercy on him). The cotton market is no longer limited to selling cotton, as was the case in the past. You can find in the market today all kinds of commodities such as rosary beads, souvenirs, clothes, visitors to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City, including tourists and worshipers.