Schools & lodges · Foundations adjoining the southern and southwestern boundary
Khutaniyya & Fakhriyya
الختنية والفخرية
Entrance and sign of the Khutniyya Library, representing the southern group of learning buildings.Photograph · 2008-02-07 12:06:30
Dr. Abdullah Marouf·CC BY 3.0· Resized and converted to WebP for the web; cropped in cards. Original image license retained.
Overview
Two distinct teaching foundations tied to the southern gateways and museum buildings. [1]
The Khutaniyya adjoins the Double Gate on the outside of the southern enclosure. Awqaf traces it to an Ayyubid endowment and later associates its name with the teacher Shams al-Din al-Khutani. Its connections are with Ancient Al-Aqsa and the southern boundary. [1]
The Fakhriyya is a separate foundation near Maghariba Gate. It began as a religious school and later served as a Sufi lodge. Awqaf describes surviving prayer space, columns and Ottoman domes; its position connects it with the museum complex. [2]
Details & spaces
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Al-Khutaniyya
المدرسة الختنية
An Ayyubid foundation adjoining the Double Gate. Its fabric has changed repeatedly; Awqaf identifies surviving arches and windows and records its later library role. [1]
Al-Fakhriyya
المدرسة الفخرية
A Mamluk school and later Sufi lodge near Maghariba Gate. The remaining prayer room includes columns, domes and a mihrab with red stone decoration. [2]
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 two buildings are not adjacent parts of one institution. This family remains in the list; no single map pin substitutes for their separate sites.
