It is located to the southwest of Bab Faisal, in the middle of the northern courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. It is attributed to the Umayyad caliph Suleiman bin Abd al-Malik, as some historians mention that it was built by the Umayyads. However, it is believed that its current construction took place during the Ayyubid era, specifically in the year 600 AH / 1203 AD, especially since it almost matches the Ayyubid dome of the Miraj. It was restored during the Ottoman era.

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The dome is an octagonal structure that is believed to have been established to preserve a clear and apparent part of the rock of Jerusalem, located inside it, and above it a dome, supported by 24 marble columns, and has a mihrab in its south, and an open door in the Its northern façade.

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 This dome was used as a place of worship, meditation and solitude, then to store the papers and records of the Sharia Court and Al-Aqsa records, then the Awqaf Department and the Reconstruction Committee restored it It was used as a seat for the preachers’ department, and it had a balustrade surrounding the rock and cutting the dome, but it was recently removed from it, and the building is now in need of restoration.


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