Abstract
Following the discovery of a Mamlūk public bathhouse and a vaulted hall to the south of the Cotton Market in the Old City of Jerusalem, this paper proposes a reevaluation of the urban fabric nearest to the focal point of Islamic Jerusalem—Ḥaram el-Sharīf. We argue that the building project previously considered to be accomplished under the supervision of the district governor, Saif al-Dīn Tankiz, and financed by Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn, was in fact initiated by Tankiz. The first building project of Tankiz was the double ḥammām, followed by the construction of a Khān; these were presumably connected to a market street. In its final stage, the Sūq was of monumental scale, extending along one of the main streets of the city all the way to the Ḥaram, providing merchants and pilgrims with facilities, such as the double ḥammām and the Khān. This was certainly the most ambitious project of the Mamlūk era in Jerusalem.
Recommended Citation
Daʿadli, Tawfiq and Barbé, Hervé
(2022)
"الازدهار المعماري في حي سوق القطانين في القدس / The Development of the Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn Quarter in Jerusalem,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 10, Article 49.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol10/iss1/49
