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Description
Property Name: Sabeel Qaitbay (in Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa)
Inventory No: 972-2-12
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020-07-20
Country (State party): Palestine
Province: Al Quds/Jerusalem
Town: Old town
Geographic coordinates: 31°46’39.92″N
35°14’4.55″E
Historic Period: Mamluk
Year of Construction: 1455
Style: Early Islamic
Original Use: Sabeel
Current Use: Sabeel
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The Qaytbay way is considered one of the most important paths of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque because of its great size and beauty in building, drawing and engraving in addition to its distinguished location. The Sabay Qaytbay is the only model in the Jerusalem and Bilad al-Sham regions, which was built in the style of Qaitbay buildings.
Selection Criteria
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
Sultan Saif Ad-Din Ennal built this sabeel in 860 AH; however, only a well remained of its original structure. The Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay reconstructed the Sabeel and added the building made of colorful bricks and marble floors. The building is also topped with an octagonal dome ornamented with Islamic motifs. The Sabeel was renovated again by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid Khan in 1300 AH/1882- 1883 AC. Today, it is made of two floors; the first floor has a well on its grounds, while the second is a tank used for storing water. And in 1981, I discovered Zionist excavations stretching from west to east, it is implemented to Well of the Sabil, with a span of more than 25 meters, inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and is only a few meters away from it from the Dome of the Rock.
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