The Dome of Yusuf Agha (Arabic: قبة يوسف أغا Qubbat Yūsuf Agha) is a small square building with a dome in the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf), in the courtyard between the Islamic Museum and al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli).
The Dome of Yusuf Agha (Arabic: قبة يوسف أغا Qubbat Yūsuf Agha) is a small square building with a dome in the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf), in the courtyard between the Islamic Museum and al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli).
It was built in 1681 and commemorates Yusuf Agha. He also endowed the Dome of Yusuf,[1][2] a smaller and more intricate-looking structure about 120 metres (390 ft) to the north.
It was converted in the 1970s into a ticket office[1][3] and an information kiosk for visitors.[4]
It is in the middle of an open-air courtyard that stores detached column capitals.[5] To its south is the al-Aqsa Library.
To its west are the Islamic Museum and the Moors' Gate (Morocco Gate). There's another domed building to its northwest: the Sabīl Bāb al-Maghāriba (the sebil of the Moors' Gate).
To its southwest is the al-Fakhariyya Minaret. To its north is a mihrab with a small window in it, the mihrab of the Pine Platform (مصطبة الصنوبر) (Maṣṭabat aṣ-Ṣanawbar).
