Bab Al-Asbat Minaret

Bab Al-Asbat Minaret (Arabic: منارة الأسباط‎, romanized: Minarat al-Asbat), Minaret of the Tribes also known as the (Arabic: منارة إسرائيل‎, romanized: Minarat Israil), is a minaret in Jerusalem. It is one of the four minarets of the Haram al Sharif, and is situated along the north wall.[1]

Bab Al-Asbat Minaret

History

Bab al-Ashbat is a minaret built by the Mamluks in 1367. It is composed of a cylindrical stone shaft (of Ottoman construction), rising from a rectangular base on top of a triangular transition zone.[2] The shaft narrows above the muezzin's balcony, and is dotted with circular windows,[3] ending with a bulbous dome. The dome was reconstructed after the 1927 Jericho earthquake.[2]

See also

• Gate of the Tribes of Israel
• Birket Israel (Pool of Israel)
• Islam in Jerusalem

References

1. Menashe Har-El (April 2004). Golden Jerusalem. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. p. 334. ISBN 978-965-229-254-4. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
2. Bab al-Asbat Minaret Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Archnet Digital Library.
3. Al-Aqsa Guide Friends of al-Aqsa.

Bibliography

• Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. ISBN 090503533X. (pp. 415−418)
• Berchem, van, Max (1920). MIFAO 45.2 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.3 Fasc. 2 Jérusalem Index général. Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale.(LXXI)
• Berchem, van, M. (1922). MIFAO 43 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.1 Jérusalem "Ville" (in French and Arabic). Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pp. 403-411)
• Berchem, van, M. (1927). MIFAO 44 Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Part 2 Syrie du Sud T.2 Jérusalem Haram. Cairo: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (pp. 133−136)