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Water & fountains · Western courtyard, near al-Ashrafiyya

Sabil Qaytbay

سبيل قايتباي
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Sabil Qaytbay in the Al-Aqsa sanctuary
Western courtyard, near al-Ashrafiyya
Benjamín Núñez González / Wikimedia Commons·CC BY-SA 4.0· Resized and converted to WebP for the web; cropped in cards. Original image license retained.

Overview

A finely decorated Mamluk fountain with a small dome, near the western side of the raised platform. [1]

Qaytbay’s fountain stands northeast of Al-Ashrafiyya. The specialist museum record distinguishes an earlier fountain of Sultan Inal from Qaytbay’s complete renewal in 1482 and an Ottoman renovation in 1882–83. [1]

A high carved stone dome rises above a square base, passing through polygonal stages. Alternating stone courses, corner columns and an inscription band give the compact building much of its visual richness. [1]

Museum With No Frontiers relates its design to Egyptian Mamluk traditions and suggests a connection with the team that built Al-Ashrafiyya. That shared-workshop connection is a scholarly proposal, rather than a surviving signed attribution. [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
    Sabil of Sultan Qaytbay · Yusuf al-Natsheh

    Museum With No Frontiers · Location, patronage, architectural description and dating inscription

    Consulted 2026-10-13
  2. 2
    A Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Haram Ash-Sharif

    PASSIA · Monument entries and map legend

    Consulted 2026-09-14

    Used for relative positions only. The product diagram is schematic, not a surveyed plan.

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