Gate of Mercy (building)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17042

One of the 4 gates in Jerusalem

Names

  • Arabic: باب الرحمة = Bāb al-Raḥma 1
  • Hebrew: שער הרחמים = ShʿR HRḤMYM 2

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Event mentioned by Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād. 1 before 843 CEc. 820-843 CE687 A.H. / 1288-9 CE1993
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, Kitāb al-Fitan, edited by Suhayl Zakkār (Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1993), 216 [Arabic].
    • Mercy, Gate of: Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād, The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition, translated by David Cook (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 199 [English].
  • 2Gate of Mercy: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 36 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Liran Yadgar, and Jessica Mutter, “Gate of Mercy” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17042.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Liran Yadgar: place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching, and Arabic name collection and transcription from Nuʿaym Ibn Ḥammād’s Kitāb al-Fitan
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