Qetas Bey Solitude Places

Qetas Bey Solitude Places

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Landmark Location: On the perimeter of the northern Rock’s nave
Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock: The northern side of the Dome of the Rock
Landmark History:967 AH / 1560 AD.
Builder Name: According to the inscription on the overlooking facade of the Rock’s nave the builder Is .QetasBey
Details of the shape:
– On the perimeter of the northern Rock’s nave.
– The northern side of the Dome of the Rock.
– According to the inscription on the overlooking facade of the Rock’s nave the builder.
– Is QetasBey.
– 967 AH / 1560 AD.
– Consist of four rooms and there is a column of marble carrying the pergola between the two cells engraved with a beautiful inscription.
– The upper floor is used as a guard office known as “AlAhwal”, while the Solitude Placeoverlookingthe olive trees is a store that serves the mosque.
– They are used to for worship.
Now it is used as follows:
– A second room for a police officer and a third for a guard. It was used for the purposes of privacy and the fourth corner of a man named Sheikh Ahmed bin Aliwa.
About the landmark:
– The two Solitude Places are Ottomans. On the perimeter of the northern rock, there is a column of marble carrying a pergola engraved with beautiful inscriptions and according to these inscriptions, the builder is Ottoman QetasBey in 1560 AD.
– There are four rooms under them:
A second room for a police officer and a third for a guard. It was used for the purposes of privacy and the fourth corner of a man named Sheikh Ahmed bin Aliwa.

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