Dome of Yusuf Agha

The Dome of Yusuf Agha (Arabic: قبة يوسف أغا Qubbat Yūsuf Agha) is a small square building with a dome in the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf), in the courtyard between the Islamic Museum and al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli).

History

It was built in 1681 and commemorates Yusuf Agha. He also endowed the Dome of Yusuf,^[1]^[2] a smaller and more intricate-looking structure about 120 metres (390 ft) to the north.

It was converted in the 1970s into a ticket office^[1]^[3] and an information kiosk for visitors.^[4]

Environs

It is in the middle of an open-air courtyard that stores detached column capitals.^[5] To its south is the al-Aqsa Library.

To its west are the Islamic Museum and the Moors' Gate (Morocco Gate). There's another domed building to its northwest: the Sabīl Bāb al-Maghāriba (the sebil of the Moors' Gate).

To its southwest is the al-Fakhariyya Minaret. To its north is a mihrab with a small window in it, the mihrab of the Pine Platform (مصطبة الصنوبر) (Maṣṭabat aṣ-Ṣanawbar).

References

^ ^a ^b "Qubbat Yusuf Agha". Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD). Archived from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
^ Hillenbrand, Robert (2000). Auld, Sylvia (ed.). Ottoman Jerusalem. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-901435-03-0. […] two structures erected by Yusuf Agha in 1681 – the Qubbat Yusuf (an open-plan aedicule) and the Qubbat Yusuf Agha (a closed domed square) — clearly suggest that, despite the identical terminology, different forms connoted different functions in Jerusalem at that time.
^ Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism. Museum with No Frontiers. 2013. ISBN 978-3-902782-11-3. the Haram al-Sharif is free, but an entrance fee is charged for visiting the Dome of the Rock, the Jami'a al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic Museum. Tickets can be purchased with local currency from the kiosk outside the Islamic Museum
^ "Domes of Haram al-Sharif". Madain Project.
^ "Column capital". Museum with No Frontiers.

31°46′34.644″N 35°14′6.324″E / 31.77629000°N 35.23509000°E / 31.77629000; 35.23509000

External links

Media related to Dome of Yusuf Agha at Wikimedia Commons
The outside of the structure on YouTube (41 seconds)
Panorama of the courtyard with the dome in it. Another panorma, seen from farther north

[i2ud-1] "Qubbat Yusuf Agha". Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD). Archived from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-25.

[2] Hillenbrand, Robert (2000). Auld, Sylvia (ed.). Ottoman Jerusalem. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-901435-03-0. […] two structures erected by Yusuf Agha in 1681 – the Qubbat Yusuf (an open-plan aedicule) and the Qubbat Yusuf Agha (a closed domed square) — clearly suggest that, despite the identical terminology, different forms connoted different functions in Jerusalem at that time.

[3] Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism. Museum with No Frontiers. 2013. ISBN 978-3-902782-11-3. the Haram al-Sharif is free, but an entrance fee is charged for visiting the Dome of the Rock, the Jami'a al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic Museum. Tickets can be purchased with local currency from the kiosk outside the Islamic Museum

[4] "Domes of Haram al-Sharif". Madain Project.

[5] "Column capital". Museum with No Frontiers.

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