Inspector's Gate
The Inspector's Gate is one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Compound.
It is the second-northernmost gates in the compound's west wall, after the Bani Ghanim Gate.
It is north of the Iron Gate.
Names
It has two current Arabic names, both are in use:- the Inspector's Gate or Superintendant's Gate : named after the Inspector of the Two Noble Sanctuaries, the – not to be confused with the Servant of the Two Noble Sanctuaries . It was also translated, less precisely, as "Gate of the Watchman".
- the Council Gate : named after the Supreme Muslim Council.
- Michael's Gate : named after Michael the archangel.
- the Gate of ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr: named after a nearby ribat: the Aladdin Ribat, which in turn was named after Emir ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr.
- the Prison Gate, when the ribat was converted into a prison.
History
It was rebuilt in 1203, during the Ayyubid era.
The gate was expanded in the Mamluk period, especially from the eastern side, during the time of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun.
Description
The gate consists of a high and wide entrance, held with a pointed stone knot, with two wooden supports supported by it, topped on the western side by a written copper strip.On the eastern side of the entrance, there is a square shape inside the hallway of the mosque, with open sides covered with a shallow dome, with three rows of muqarnas.
Environs
The southwestern part of the Muslim [Quarter (Jerusalem)|Muslim Quarter] is west of the gate. The immediate neighborhood is home to a community of Afro-Palestinians.Aladdin Street leads towards the gate.
In the compound's western wall, the gate is between al-Manjakiyya Madrasa and the al-Wafā’iyya Zawiya.
In front of each school, there is a sebil.
In front of al-Manjakiyya is the Ibrāhīm al-Rūmī Sebil, aka or.
In front of al-Wafā’iyya is the Mustafa Agha Sebil.