Bab al-Asbat Cemetery

The Bab al-Asbat Cemetery, the al-Asbat Cemetery, also known as the al-Yusufiyya Cemetery,[1] is an Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem, whose construction dates back to the era of the Ayyubid state.

Bab al-Asbat (al-Yusufiyya) Cemetery
Details
EstablishedAyyubid dynasty
Location
Jerusalem
Coordinates31°46′51″N 35°14′13″E

Location

It is north of (across a road from) Bab al-Rahma Cemetery. It is on a hill extending from the northern corner of Bab al-Asbat (the city gate, not the compound gate with the same Arabic name farther south), and from there to the east, by about 35–40 meters. Its borders meet with the main street called Jericho Road, which slopes south until it intersects with the road ascending to Bab al-Asbat. Thus, it has taken a wide area in the form of a trapezoid, widening in the south to reach a width of about 105 meters, and narrowing to the north. The Bab al-Asbat cemetery is not adjacent to the wall, unlike the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, where it is separated from the wall by a distance of 10–15 meters, and this distance is used as a path towards the Gate of the Lions. Some people confuse the Bab al-Asbat cemetery with Bab al-Rahma cemetery, as some think it is an extension of it.

It has two gates, the first in the north near the Friday market, which was a place for buying and selling sheep and other animals on Fridays. The other gate is in the south, where the two gates are linked by a white stone road about 4 meters wide, where the tomb is separated into two halves, west and east.[2] The Israeli authorities have created a landfill in the area of the market.[3]

Controversies

Israeli settlers were accused of storming the cemetery and "performing Talmudic rituals" in May, 2021.[4]

See also

References
  1. Dweik, Samah. "Palestinians vow to defend graves in Jerusalem cemetery". www.aljazeera.com.
  2. "Bab Al-Asbat". enjoyjerusalem.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "بالقانون وبملكية 100 عام.. معركة مقدسيين لحماية أرض "سوق الجمعة" - أخبار القدس". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-12-13. وكانت تستخدم سوقا للمواشي أيام الجمعة منذ العهد الأردني وحتى أوائل ثمانينيات القرن الماضي، كما استخدمتها وكالة غوث وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (أونروا) نقطة لتوزيع المساعدات، لكن بلدية الاحتلال حولتها إلى مكب للنفايات رغم قربها من المقبرة اليوسفية الإسلامية.
  4. "Israeli settlers storm cemetery near Jerusalem's". english.wafa.ps. May 17, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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