An-Nāranj Pool


The an-Nāranj Pool is a small pool in the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound. It is at the compound's western esplanade, between the Fountain of Qasim Pasha and the Fountain of Qayt Bay.
It was also known as and ; both are phonetic variations of.
It was built in the Ottoman period.
It was restored during the reign of Sultan Qaitbay and again in 1527 by Qasim Pasha, a governor of Jerusalem. In 1922, the Supreme Muslim Council reconstructed the pool, paved it with marble and encircled it with banisters. The pool is seven metres wide.