Sabil al-Chalidi

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The Sabil al-Chalidi ( Arabic سبيل الخالدي, DMG Sabīl al-Ḫālidī ) is an Ottoman fountain in the old city of Jerusalem .

Surname

The Sabil got its name after its builder Muhammad San'allah al-Chalidi. Other names of the fountain are:

  • Sabil Daraj al-'Ain ( Arabic سبيل درج العين, DMG Sabīl Daraǧ al-ʿain '  Fountain Staircase of the Spring ') according to its location on the stairs of Daraj al-'Ain ( Arabic درج العين, DMG Daraǧ al-ʿain '  Staircase of the Source'; Arabic درج, DMG Daraǧ  'stairs'; Arabic عين, DMG 'in'  source ')
  • Sabil Al-Wad Stairs, Sabil Bab Al-Wad Stairs (= stairs) according to their location on the stairs that lead from Al-Wad-Straße to Kettentorstraße .

geography

The Sabil al-Chalidi ⊙ is located 60 m west of the Ketten-Tor ⊙ on the north side of the Kettentorstraße. Right next to the fountain, on its west side, the Daraj al-Ain stairs lead down to Al-Wad Street. On the other side of the stairs, opposite the fountain, is the Turbat al-Jaliqija ⊙ .

description

The Sabil is a small cubic building. On the south side there is a niche framed by a pointed arch . The niche is 1.9 m wide and 0.7 m deep. There used to be a water trough in it that has been lost. The pointed arch is made up of red, black and yellow vaulted stones. The outer edge is decorated with a dog tooth frieze . Above the frieze there is a flat band adorned with small square blue majolica tiles.

In the niche are two barred windows that used to be used to dispense water. The windows are each 0.58 m wide and 1.15 m high. Above the windows there is a 0.3 mx 0.3 m niche, which probably earlier contained a plate with an inscription.

On the west side, a 0.78 m wide and 1.3 m high door allows entry into the building. The interior of the Sabil al-Chalidi forms a single 1.75 m × 2.8 m large room.

Water supply

On the south side an aqueduct runs from the ponds of Solomon over the Wilson Arch to the Temple Mount . It goes back to Herodian times. To the west of the Daraj al-Ain stairs, an Arabic building inscription testifies that this aqueduct was renovated in 1469 under Al-Malik al-Ashraf Saif ad-Din Abu l-Nasr Kait-Bay . The Sabil al-Chalidi was fed by this water pipe. This aqueduct is part of the water supply system that was renovated and expanded under Suleiman the Magnificent and which was named Qanat as-Sabil .

history

Like the Turbat al-Jaliqija, the building was probably built in the Mamluk style at the beginning of the 14th century . The masonry of the west wall testifies to this. At first it served as a shop. In 1713, Muhammad San'allah al-Chalidi, the owner of the shop, converted it into a sabil. During this time the south wall with the niche and the windows for the water outlet was built. Today the building is used as a storage room by the Chalidi family.

literature

  • Anthony Assetto, Cassidy Hobbs, Joshua Lessard, Judith Bing: Ottoman Sabils of Jerusalem , Drexel University, 2010 online, pdf

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Ottoman Sabils of Jerusalem at drexel.edu. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ The "Ottoman Fountain" in Jerusalem at theologische-links.de. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d Max Küchler : Jerusalem: A manual and study travel guide to the Holy City. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-50170-2 , pp. 209, 215.
  4. ↑ a b c Sabil Al-Khalidi at enjoyjerusalem.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Fountains in Jerusalem, Sabil al-Khalidi (سبيل الخالدي) at madainproject.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Sabil al-Chalidi at OSM. Retrieved June 26, 2020.