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Minarets · Southwestern corner near the museum

Fakhriyya Minaret

المئذنة الفخرية
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The Fakhriyya Minaret at the southwestern edge of the precinct.
The Fakhriyya Minaret at the southwestern edge of the precinct.Photograph · 2011-06-01 08:10:00
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Overview

A square minaret marking the sanctuary’s southwestern corner. [1]

The Fakhriyya Minaret rises beside the museum and the southern end of the western enclosure. Its name connects it with the adjacent Fakhriyya foundation; it is also known by the nearby Maghariba Gate. [1]

The Awqaf record identifies it as Mamluk but prints conflicting foundation dates within the same entry. A precise founding year is therefore left unresolved here. The square tower and its documented later repairs remain useful points of identification. [1]

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
    مئذنة باب المغاربة او الفخرية

    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.

About this record

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

The source gives 1278 and 1350 in separate passages, and its Hijri/CE pairing also requires review. No single construction year is asserted.

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