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Dome of Musa

قبة موسى
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Dome of Musa, seen from the courtyard.
Dome of Musa, seen from the courtyard.Photograph · 2013
Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia·CC BY-SA 4.0· Resized and converted to WebP for the web; cropped in cards. Original image license retained.

Overview

A compact domed room on the Musa prayer platform west of the raised terrace. [1]

The Dome of Musa is a square room capped by a circular dome on an octagonal drum. It stands on a prayer platform between the western boundary and the southwest corner of the Dome of the Rock’s terrace. [1]

Awqaf records a foundation under al-Salih Ayyub in 647 AH and later gatherings for the study of hadith. The source discusses more than one explanation for the name; it does not establish a connection with the lifetime of Musa (Moses). [1]

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Reading Al-Aqsa’s smaller domesMadrasas and the architecture of learning

Sources & provenance

References for this place, with links from the statements they support. Dates and religious traditions retain the attribution of their sources.

  1. 1
    قبة موسى

    Jerusalem Awqaf · monument record (Arabic) · Location, history, naming and architectural description

    Consulted 2026-10-13

    A custodial record. Religious associations are attributed; historical operating details are not current access information.

  2. 2
    A Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Haram Ash-Sharif (2015)

    PASSIA · Jerusalem Awqaf · Hashemite Fund · Printed pp. 54–65; map legend on PDF page 35

    Consulted 2026-10-13

    Custodial guide from an Islamic perspective. Used for the baseline inventory and schematic relative positions; its access descriptions are historical, not live advice.

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Relative positions are illustrative; this is a heritage atlas, not a walking route or live access map.

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