The second gate of the western wall of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque from the north side, after the Ghawanmeh Gate. It is a huge, tightly built door, its entrance is rectangular, its height is 4.5 m. It was renewed during the reign of the great King Jesus in 600-1203.

His now well-known name is attributed to the superintendent of the Two Holy Mosques, a job that was given during the Mamluk era to whoever supervises the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. Since this principal was residing in the buildings adjacent to this gate during the Mamluk period, he was named by this name, as it is also known as the Gate of the Majlis, where the Manjik school is located above it, which was the headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Council during the era of the British occupation, before it was transformed into the headquarters of the Islamic Endowments Department. Currently in Jerusalem.

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This door is very old. It bore the name Mikael, at first, then it bore the name Alaeddin Al-Basiri Gate, due to its proximity to the ribat of Alaeddin Al-Basiri, which is located outside it and in which the Mamluk prince Alaeddin Al-Basiri, may God have mercy on him, was buried. Then it was called Bab Al-Habs (relative to the prison that the Turks took from Al-Ribat Al-Mansoori, which is located to the left of the exit from Al-Aqsa from this door, which was closed a long time ago), and it was also called Bab Al-Nazir and Bab Al-Ribat Al-Mansouri. It is one of the three gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque that does not open.

Before the worshipers to perform the evening and dawn prayers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, since the beginning of the Zionist occupation of the blessed mosque.

 



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