Minaret Bab Al Magharbeh

Landmark Location:
In the southwestern corner of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and on the northwestern edge of the Women’s Mosque.

Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock:
Southwest of the Dome.

Landmark History:
In the Mamluk period between 746 – 900 AH / 1345 – 1495 AD.

Reason of the name:
– The reason behind its name: It is near to Bab Al-Mgharbah
– The reason behind calling it Al-fakhrya minaret: After Shaikh Sharaf Al-Din bin Fakher

Builder Name:
 The Mamluks.

– The reason behind its name: It is near to Bab Al-Mgharbah
– The reason behind calling it Al-fakhrya minaret: After Shaikh Sharaf Al-Din bin Fakher

– In the southwestern corner of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and on the northwestern edge of the Women’s Mosque
– Southwest of the Dome
– The Mamluks
– In the Mamluk period between 746 – 900 AH / 1345 – 1495 AD

– A square minaret. Above it, there is a riffraff (where the callers of pray stand). There are beautiful horns hanging from it. Above the kingfisher is a wooden canopy topped by an octagonal neck. And above it is a small dome covered with lead plates.
It is also one of the smallest minarets in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Its height is only 23.5 m. This minaret was built without foundation. It was there before the most affected by the weather and the natural disasters. However, the Supreme Islamic Council demolished and rebuilt it in 1341/1923, above the top box. Al-Aqsa Mosque Reconstruction Committee has recently restored it and shared it with bullets.
And currently climbing to the minaret that has 50 steps starting from the Islamic Museum, but the Zionist entity prevails the staff of Al-Aqsa Mosque to climb it without unaccompanied by police, under the pretext of supervision of the square Al-Buraq. This minaret has held up in the face of the occupier, who tried to control and silence the ears, and hence; force the Ministry of Awqaf to put the speakers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque, which prevented the voice of AlAzan to reach the village of Silwan.
The Zionist entity is working on digging tunnels to the south-west, which threatens to disfunction the minaret of the West, which stands without having a foundation of its own. On the back of the women’s mosque is the minaret of the Cave, in the south corner of Al-Aqsa Mosque, 746-900 AH / 1345-1495 CE). It was subjected to several renovations and restructurations by the Supreme Council for Reconstruction and the Ministry of Awqaf as well, because of the lack of its own basis. The occupation entity in turn preceded the staff of Al-Aqsa Mosque from boarding without accompaniment, in the pretext that it is near to the wall of Al-Buraq, and the continuation of excavations in the western area began to affect it and the rest of the buildings adjacent to it.