Bab Al Hadid (Iron) Gate

Landmark Location:
On the western side, specifically in the western corridor of Al-
Aqsa Mosque, between my Gate Nazer and Qattanin.

Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock: 
West Dome of the Rock.

Reason of the name:
Other name: (Bab Dar Umm Khaled) -Causes for its name: Does not know why it is called the Iron Gate, some says that the reason is that the Mamluk Prince Arjun Kamali was renew and that the meaning of Argun in Turkish iron is a wrong statement has no origin and has said this saying the Maqdese historian Aref al-Aref, 1973 AD , and this had been puplished in the books of the mosque guides Al Aqsa without investigation or scrutiny. Proof that the saying is wrong: Arjun al-Kamali settled in Jerusalem until his death (758 AH-1357 AD) and buried in his school of the Argonne by gluing the iron Gate from outside. Before settling in Jerusalem, he visited the traveler’s city Ibn Fadl Umari (745AH- 1345 AD) and described the Gate and described the mention of the iron Gate, that is, the Gate was called The iron Gate before Argun. -Cause of naming it Bab Dar Om Khalid name: It can be assumed that the name of the Gate in the early Islamic period Bab Bab Dar Umm Khalid by Ibn al-Faqih 290 H-903 M and Maqdisi al-Bishari.

Details of the shape:
-A simple building without decorations, climbing several degrees from outside.
-The entrance rectangular and length is about 3 meters and two meters wide and the width of the Gate contract as a rest Contracts of the western gallery.

Additional Information about the landmark:
-Features adjacent to the Gate:
From the south side of the iron Gate, attached to the Argonne school.
From the northern side is attached to a link called “Ribat al-Kurd”, next to the wall of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jews and the Gate:
Claiming that the wall of the Rabat contains large stones dating back to the era of their alleged temple, and narrowing the settlers and the Zionist soldiers who come on this wall on the entrances to the Al Aqsa of the Gate Iron, which threatens the fate of Bab Al Magharba next to the wall of Al-Buraq (which is called the Zionists on it the name of the “Wailing Wall”), which has been closed to Muslims since the occupiers seized the wall.

An Overview of the Landmark:
It’s a simple building without decorations, can be reached by climbing several stairs outside. The entrance is rectangular and it is about 3 meters long and two meters wide and the width of the Gate pillars is the same of the rest of the pillars in the western gallery. It is right to the west of the Western Gallery of Al-Aqsa Mosque, between An-Nathir and Al-Qatanin gates, west of the Dome of the Rock.

Its Names:
Nobody knows why it is called the Iron Gate, some say that the reason is that the Mamluk Prince Arjun Kamali renewed it and that the meaning of the word “Argon” in Turkish is iron. This is not true, as the Jerusalemite historin, A’rif Al-A’arif said in 1973, and this had been puplished in the books of the mosque guides Al Aqsa without investigation or scrutiny.

An Evidence on that this saying is wrong:
Arjun al-Kamali settled in Jerusalem until his death (758 AH-1357 AD) and buried in his school of the Argonne by gluing the iron Gate from outside. Before settling in Jerusalem, he visited the traveler’s city Ibn Fadl Umari (745AH- 1345 AD) and described the Gate and described the mention of the iron Gate, that is, the Gate was called The iron Gate before Argon.

Calling it the Gate of Dar Um Khalid:
It can be assumed that the name of the Gate is in the early Islamic period. Bab Bab Dar Umm Khalid by Ibn al-Faqih 290 H-903 M and Maqdisi al-Bishari.

Landmarks Next to the Gate:
From the south side of the Iron Gate, right next to the Argon school. On its northern is a Ribat called “Ribat al-Kurd”, next to the wall of the blessed Aqsa Mosque.

Jews and the Gate:
It is claimed that the wall of Ar-Ribat contains large stones dating back to the era of their alleged temple, and narrowing the settlers and the Zionist soldiers who come on this wall on the entrances to the Al Aqsa of the Gate Iron, which threatens the fate of Bab Al Magharba next to the wall of Al-Buraq (which is called the Zionists on it the name of the “Wailing Wall”), which has been closed to Muslims since the occupiers seized the wall.