Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the gates to the al-aqsa mosque compound on the temple mount in the old city of jerusalem”. Today it says “one half of a double gate”.
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Chain Gate" redirects here. Chain Gate The Gate of the Chain or Chain Gate ( Arabic : باب السلسلة , romanized : Bāb as-Silsila ; Hebrew : שער השלשלת , romanized : Sha'ar HaShalshelet ) is one half of a double gate, part of the gates to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem . It was known early Islamic period Bāb Daud , which means David's Gate . It was also known as Bāb al-Maḥkama ( باب المحكمة ), Gate of the Law Court , named after the nearby Maḥkama ( Shari'a court) in the Tankiziyya building. The History of Jerusalem: The Early Muslim Period (638-1099) . The Architectural Development of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Islamic Jerusalem in the Early Islamic Period: Sacred architecture in the shape of 'The Holy'. (1968). الأنس الجليل بتاريخ القدس والخليل [The honorable amiability in the history of Jerusalem and Hebron]. (2017). معالم المسجد الأقصى تحت المجهر [Al-Aqsa Mosque landmarks under the microscope]. Gate of the Chain […], also known as Gate of the Law Court ( bāb al-maḥkama ) after the Shari'a Court to its south
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The Bab al-Silsila is one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem . It is located in the western porch of the mosque in the Islamic Quarter between the Ashrafieh School in the north and the Altaknuzia School in the south.
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Gateway to Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem "Chain Gate" redirects here.Chain Gate The Chain Gate ( , Bāb as-Silsila ) is one of the gates to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem .It was previously known as David's Gate .As it was named in the early Islamic period Bāb Daud which means David's Gate.It was also known as Bāb al-Maḥkama ( باب المحكمة Gate of the Law Court), named after the nearby Tankiziyya (the Maḥkama).The Architectural Development of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Islamic Jerusalem in the Early Islamic Period: Sacred architecture in the shape of ‘The Holy’.(1968). الأنس الجليل بتاريخ القدس والخليل[The honorable amiability in the history of Jerusalem and Hebron].(2017). معالم المسجد الأقصى تحت المجهر [Al-Aqsa Mosque landmarks under the microscope].Gate of the Chain […], also known as Gate of the Law Court ( bāb al-maḥkama ) after the Shari'a Court to its south
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the gates to the al-aqsa mosque compound on the temple mount in the old city of jerusalem”. Today it says “one half of a double gate”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the gates to the al-aqsa mosque compound on the temple mount in the old city of jerusalem
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one half of a double gate
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