Bab Al Mufrad (the Single) Gate

Landmark Location: 
It is a closed southern entrance in the south-eastern part of the city wall and Al Aqsa Mosque.

Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock:
East South Dome of the Rock.

Reason of the name:
Named the eye Gate (old): because it leads to the eye of Silwan.
Details of the shape:
-It is a simple small Gate without decorations leading to the Marwani prayer, covered inside with a wooden mihrab after the restoration of the Marwani chapel in 1417 AH-1996 AD where only a part of the curve of the contract is visible.

Additional Information about the landmark:
Other names: (sole, the eye Gate).

The Gate in history:
-It seems that the Gate opened in the Abbasid or Fatimid period.
-Used by the Knights of the Temple during the Crusader occupation to enter their fortress to the Marwani Chapel they turned it into a stable and called Solomon’s stables.

An Overview of the Landmark:
Other names of the gate are Al-Waheed and Al-E’in.
It’s a closed southern entrance in the southeastern part of the wall of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque. It’s southeast of the Dome of the Rock. It’s a small gate with no decorations, and leads to Al-Marwani Prayer Hall. From the inside, it was covered with a wooden niche, after restoring Al-Marwani Prayer Hall in 1996 (1417 A.H.), and only part of the arch is visible.

Long ago, it was called Bab Al-E’in (Spring Gate) because it led to Silwan Spring.
It seems that the gate was opened during the Abbasid or the Fatimid eras. Also, it was used by the Knights Templar, just before the Crusader Occupation, to bring their horses in Al-Marwani Prayer Hall which they turned into a stable, and they called it Solomon’s Stables.