Bab al-Sahira Cemetery
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Bab al-Sahira Cemetery | |
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مقبرة باب الساهر | |
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Country | Israel / Palestine |
Coordinates | 31°46′58.8″N 35°14′1.5″E / 31.783000°N 35.233750°E |
Bāb as-Sāhira Cemetery or al-Sahira Cemetery an Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem, a few meters north of the city wall's Bāb as-Sāhira (al- or es-Sahira, Herod's Gate).[1] It was previously called the Mujahideen Cemetery[citation needed].
Along with Mamilla and Bāb ar-Raḥma Cemeteries, it includes graves for those in Saladin's army who died in battle[2] (for al-fatḥ aṣ-Ṣalāḥī, "the triumph of Saladdin").[3]
References
- ^ Maoz, Moshe (2021). Jerusalem: Points of Friction - And Beyond. Brill. p. 146. ISBN 9789004480674.
- ^ Grabar, Oleg; Ḳedar, B.Z. (2009). Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade. University of Texas Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-292-72272-9.
Mamilla to the west [of Jerusalem], al-Sahira to the north, and at the Golden Gate immediately to the east of the Noble Sanctuary. Epitaphs of several amirs in Saladin's army have been recovered from these cemeteries, many of them Kurds like him, who had fallen in battle and been brought to Jerusalem for burial.
- ^ Gerber, Haim (2008). Remembering and Imagining Palestine. Springer. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-230-58391-7.
the conquest by Salah al-Din (al-fath al-Salahi)
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