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.
File:Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2017.jpg |center| 200px|thumb|The Fountain of Qasim Pasha and the pool; the Chain Gate Minaret behind