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Description
Property Name: The Islamic Museum, The Moroccan Mosque (in Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa)
Inventory No: 972-2-5
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020-07-17
Country (State party): Palestine
Province: Al Quds/Jerusalem
Town: Old town
Geographic coordinates: 31°46’33.62″N
35°14’5.74″E
Historic Period: Ayoubi
Year of Construction: 1193
Style: Early Islamic
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The Islamic Museum (Al-Maghriba Mosque, Moroccan Mosque) was established by the Supreme Islamic Council in 1923 AD where it was initially located in the Al-Mansouri Rabat building and then transferred to its current headquarters to the Maghreb Mosque in the southwestern corner of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque The museum contains many anecdotes of various Islamic artifacts that reflect most The applied arts that prevailed throughout Islamic history. It contains rare manuscripts of the Qur’an, whose number is estimated at about (650) manuscripts, in addition to the Mamluk documents, whose number has increased to 900.
The Moroccan Mosque (Ayoubi Era) is located in the southwestern part of Al- Aqsa compound next to the Moroccan Gate (Western Wall). It was built during the 12th or 13th Century AC and pertains to the Ayoubi era; however, the accurate year for its construction and the name of its founder remains unknown. The mosque was dedicated to the followers of the Maliki* School of Jurisprudence in the past, while it is now used as the western hall of the Islamic Museum where a number of Islamic historical pieces and monuments are displayed.
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
The historical building of the museum consists of two main halls: The first Mamluk was a mosque for the followers of the Maliki school, which is longitudinally extending from north to south 9X54 meters. The entrance to this hall was restored in the late Ottoman period in 1288/1871. The second extends from the west to the east with an area extending 17 x 35 meters, and this is part of a hall that extends to about 70 m used a mosque for women and was built in the Fatimid period and later was rehabilitated in the Frankish period to serve their military
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