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Nebi Akasha Mosque

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757: 289: 81: 199: 36: 220: 277:. In the late 19th century, an almost entirely Jewish neighborhood called Ukasha in the Ottoman census lists developed around the tomb with the Jewish housing estates of Sha'arey Moshe or the Wittenberg Houses (called the Waytenberk neighborhood in the Ottoman census) founded in 1885, Even Yehoshua founded in 1891, and Kolel Varsha (called the Rabi Daud neighborhood in the Ottoman census) founded in 1897. 212: 763: 88: 288: 756: 1026: 996: 384: 255:
in the 13th century. There is also a tradition that Moses, Jesus and Muhammad were buried here, leading the British High Commissioner John Chancellor to name the nearby street
453: 111: 80: 712: 48: 1021: 484: 379: 705: 202:”Tombs of the Martyrs” (top left) shown at the site of the Nebi Akasha Mosque in the 1841 Aldrich and Symonds map of Jerusalem 834: 513: 266:. These Jews rented the hill from its Arab owners and gathered for study and Friday-night prayers in a tent, joined by local 1016: 1011: 991: 251:'s soldiers were buried at the site; it became known as the “Tomb of the Martyrs”. Additions were made to the tomb by the 1001: 104: 969: 262:
Over a 70-year period in the 1800s, the hill on which the tomb stands was used as a meeting place by students of the
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Arnon, Adar (January 1992). "The Quarters of Jerusalem in the Ottoman Period".
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in 637/38, was built in the 12th century CE. According to Islamic tradition,
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Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel
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There is no God but Allah ِand Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
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by right-wing extremists who tried to set fire to it in a
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Jewish neighborhood. It is situated near the junction of
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A mosque was built beside the tomb in the 19th century.
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Desecrated graves in the Nebi Akasha Mosque during the
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Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan (Udhrah and Baliy)
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12th-century establishments in the Ayyubid Sultanate
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The mosque is inactive and the 761: 755: 324:and the Street of the Prophets. 223:Park between the mosque and tomb 86: 79: 452:Gilad, Moshe (29 August 2012). 46: 1022:Ayyubid architecture in Israel 835:Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque 624:De'adle, Tawfik (2009-12-21). 300:On 26 August 1929, during the 1: 179:, is an historic mosque and 28:Okasha mosque, Ukasha mosque 339:uses it as a storage room. 1043: 960:Category:Mosques in Israel 362:The tomb includes a date: 955: 753: 663:"Jerusalem, Nebi 'Akasha" 626:"Jerusalem, Nebi 'Akasha" 619:. London: Luzac & Co. 595:10.1080/00263209208700889 127:31.7854167°N 35.2181667°E 74: 33: 26: 508:. 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Affiliation
Islam
Jerusalem
Nebi Akasha Mosque is located in Jerusalem
Geographic coordinates
31°47′07.50″N 35°13′05.40″E / 31.7854167°N 35.2181667°E / 31.7854167; 35.2181667
mosque
Arabic
maqam
Straus Street
Jerusalem
Old City



Ukasha ibn al-Mihsan
companion
Muhammad
Jerusalem
siege of Jerusalem
Saladin
Mamluks
Street of the Prophets
Vilna Gaon
Ashkenazi
Sephardi
kabbalists

1929 Palestine riots

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