Dome of Yusuf

قبة‭ ‬يوسف‭ - ‬العصر‭ ‬الأيوبي‭ / ‬العثماني‭‬

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أقيمت‭ ‬هذه‭ ‬القبة‭ ‬في‭ ‬عهد‭ ‬صلاح‭ ‬الدين‭ ‬الأيوبي‭ ‬في‭ ‬سنة‭ ‬587‭ ‬هـ‭ / ‬1191‭ ‬م‭ ‬وجددت‭ ‬عام‭ ‬1092‭ ‬هـ‭ / ‬1681م‭ ‬في‭ ‬عهد‭ ‬السلطان‭ ‬العثماني‭ ‬محمد‭ ‬الرابع‭.‬

وتعزى‭ ‬تسميتها‭ ‬الى‭ ‬مرحلتين،‭ ‬الأولى‭ ‬أنها‭ ‬سميت‭ ‬نسبة‭ ‬لبانيها‭ ‬يوسف‭ ‬بن‭ ‬أيوب‭ ‬الملقلب‭ ‬بصلاح‭ ‬الدين،‭ ‬والمرحلة‭ ‬الثانية‭ ‬نسبة‭ ‬الى‭ ‬تجديدها‭ ‬على‭ ‬يد‭ ‬يوسف‭ ‬آغا‭ ‬الوالي‭ ‬العثماني‭. ‬والقبة‭ ‬مفتوحة‭ ‬من‭ ‬كافة‭ ‬الجوانب‭ ‬عدا‭ ‬الجهة‭ ‬الجنوبية‭ ‬المغلقة‭ ‬بحائط‭ ‬يرتكز‭ ‬على‭ ‬الجدار‭ ‬الجنوبي‭ ‬لصحن‭ ‬قبة‭ ‬الصخرة‭.‬

والقبة‭ ‬محمولة‭ ‬على‭ ‬عمودين‭ ‬من‭ ‬الأمام‭ ‬وتحمل‭ ‬نقشين‭ ‬الأول‭ ‬بالعربية‭ ‬ويؤرخ‭ ‬لما‭ ‬فعله‭ ‬صلاح‭ ‬الدين‭ ‬الأيوبي‭ ‬والثاني‭ ‬باللغة‭ ‬التركية‭ ‬ويذكر‭ ‬اسم‭ ‬مجددها‭ ‬وهو‭ ‬علي‭ ‬بن‭ ‬يوسف‭ ‬آغا‭.‬

Yusuf Dome‭ (‬Ayoubi/Ottoman Era‭)‬

Pencil drawing‭, ‬by‭: ‬Shehab Kawasmi‭ / ‬Jerusalem

The dome was built in 587‭ ‬AH/1191‭ ‬AD by the Ayoubi King Yusuf bin Ayoub‭, ‬who is famous by the nickname Salahdin‭. ‬It was renovated in 1092‭ ‬AH/1681‭ ‬AD during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed VI‭. ‬Its name was attributed to its founder Yusuf bin Ayoub‭,‬‭ ‬and in a later stage was attributed to its renovator the Ottoman governor Ali bin Yusuf Agha‭.‬

The dome›s structure is open from all sides‭, ‬except for the southern side which is sealed by a wall‭. ‬It is based on tow stone columns and‭ ‬contains tow inscriptions‭.