Jerusalem, Israel Occupied Palestine
Coordinates: 31.775612, 35.228408
Al-Qal’a Mosque also known as the Masjid Qala’a e Dawud or Mehrab e Qala’a Daood (mehraab of citadel of Hz. Dawud عليه اسلام) is a small mosque located within the Qal’a (citadel) of Jerusalem, south of Bab al-Khalil (Jaffa Gate).
The Ottomans installed a mosque near the southwest corner of the citadel commonly known as the Mihrab el-Qal’a ed-Dawood (“Prayer niche of David’s fortress”), erecting a minaret during the years 1635-1655.
According to an inscription found over the minbar, the tower hall was restored in 939/1532, during the reign of Sultan Sulayman I
The Ottomans also installed another mosque, known as the Masjid Sayf (or the Summer Mosque), near the southwest corner of the Jerusalem citadel.
It is one of the two mosques inside Jerusalem Citadel.
Al-Qal’a Mosque has now been converted in the tower of david museum and the mehraab and mimbar as displayed there as “objects”.
The mosque of the Citadel served as a Friday mosque, and was the only Friday mosque within the walls of the city other than al-Aqsa Mosque.
It was intended to serve the garrison of the Citadel.
