Minarets of Al-Aqsa

[1] After they conquered Jerusalem,[clarification needed] defeating the Crusaders, the Mamluks built or renovated eight major minarets in the Holy City.

Mamluk minarets generally have a square shape[3] and are built at various locations along the perimeter of the Haram al-Sharif.

[8] It is 38.5 meters tall, with six stories and an internal staircase of 120 steps, making it the highest minaret inside the Al-Aqsa compound.

The stairway is external on the first two floors but becomes an internal spiral structure until it reaches the muezzin's gallery, from which the call for prayer was performed.

[10][11] The western tunnel, which was dug by the Israeli state, has weakened the minaret's foundations, resulting in calls for its renovation in 2001.

[16][full citation needed] It is located next to the Chain Gate on the porches to the west of Masjid al-Aqsa.

[8][additional citation(s) needed] Bab al-Silsila Minaret is bordered by Al Aqsa Compound's main entrance.

As stated in the inscriptions, its reconstruction was done by the Governor of Syria when Amir Tankiz was establishing the Madrasa al-Tankiziyya.

It is composed of a cylindrical stone shaft (built later by the Ottomans), which springs up from a rectangular Mamluk-built base on top of a triangular transition zone.

However, in 2006, King Abdullah II of Jordan announced his intention to build a fifth minaret overlooking the Mount of Olives.