TheAl-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Mosque (Arabic:مسجد الخانقاه الصلاحية,romanized: al-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya,lit. 'the lodge of Saladin') is amosque complex, located in theChristian Quarter of theOld City ofJerusalem, north of theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre.[1][2][3] It was named afterSaladin, who endowed it. As the name indicates, the complex was originally akhanqah, a place for gatherings ofSufi Islamic adherents, includingdervishes. The complex today comprises the mosque as well as a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, small rooms for guards, and a very small room for Saladin’s spiritual retreat.[4]
Following theCrusader surrender of Jerusalem toṢalāḥ ad-Dīn (Saladin) in 1187, it becameal-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya. The building comprised a mosque, a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, and small rooms originally for guards, as well as a very small room for Salah ad-Din (Saladin)'s spiritual retreat. As the name indicates, it has also been akhanqah, a convent of Sufi adherents.[4]
The minaret was built in 1417, during theMamluk period.[5][6] Theminaret is almost identical to that of theMosque of Omar, located on the other side of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[2] The two minarets were obviously designed as a pair; a line connecting the two minarets would intersect the door of theTomb of Jesus inside the church, and the minarets are equidistant to that door[1] with their tops at exactly the same elevation despite starting at different ground levels.[7]
Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987).Mamluk Jerusalem. British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust. pp. 517−518.ISBN090503533X.
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