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Courtyards & arcades · Along the northern enclosure

The Northern Portico

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The northern portico, with the Asbat Minaret above it.
The northern portico, with the Asbat Minaret above it.Photograph · 2008-12-26 08:22:21
Dr. Abdullah Marouf·CC BY 3.0· Resized and converted to WebP for the web; cropped in cards. Original image license retained.

Overview

A shaded arcade connecting the northern gates and the buildings above them. [1]

The Northern Portico runs westward from Asbat Gate. Its stone arches form the courtyard-facing edge of the northern range, with gateways and educational foundations interrupting and rising above it. [1]

Awqaf separates its history into three stretches: Asbat to Hitta, Hitta to Faisal, and Faisal towards the rocky northwest. These have different recorded renewals, including Ayyubid and Mamluk phases. A single founding year would conceal that sequence. [1]

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Courtyards, platforms and arcadesMadrasas 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
    الرواق الشمالي

    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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