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rusalem, built against the wall of the temple* and having 
windows looking into the grand court. 
On the western side of tlm court., Hear the north- 
west angle, there is a mosque of one nave, which is the 
place of prayer for the Mogrebins, or western Mussul- 
men. It is composed of a single pointed vault, about 
fifteen feet wide and thirty long. 
Towards the south is seen a long line of arches upon 
square pillars; and above the a.ches are some habita- 
tions and galleries, in ancient times occupied by the 
schools of Jerusale m, but now entirely forsaken. 
There is another mosque under these galleries, com- 
posed of square or curved vaults placed round two large 
central pillars. This is at the present day the place of 
prayer for tne individuals of the rite Hanbeli, and as 
there were none at Jerusalem during my stay, the 
Imaum and Muedden found themselves alone at the 
canonical prayers of each day. 
In a chapel in the inside of diis mosque is the tomb 
of a s lint called Sidi Mohamed el Hhaiili, which is 
much revered. Continuing along the west side of the 
court also, we come to an apartment under lock and 
Tkey, in which is a staircase that leads to a subterrane- 
ous vault, about fifteen feet square. It was at this place 
that the Prophet alighted from El Borak, having come 
from Mecca in a single night. There is still an iron ring 
fixed in the wall, to which the prophet tied the celestial 
mare before he entered the temple to pray with the an- 
gels and the prophets. 
This spot, which is at present under ground, was 
formely one of the gates of the temple; for the upper 
part of a magnificent portal is still to be seen; the su- 
perior portion of which consists of a single stone twenty 
feet long. It is thought, also, that the roof of the vault 
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