Cotton Merchants' Gate

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architectural structure gate historic site

Cotton Merchants' Gate is a historic entrance on the western side of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif), traditionally associated with the nearby cotton market and used by worshippers and visitors to access the sacred compound.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural structure → gate → historic site →
accessRestriction	entry subject to religious and security regulations →
adjacentTo	Cotton Market →
associatedWith	Mamluk architecture in Jerusalem →
belongsToTradition	Islamic sacred topography of Jerusalem →
builtDuring	Mamluk period →
connectsTo	Cotton Market → Haram al-Sharif courtyard →
country	State of Palestine →
culturalContext	Islamic Jerusalem →
hasAlternativeName	Bab al-Qattanin Gate → Gate of the Cotton Merchants →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Islamic architecture →
hasFeature	arched passageway → decorative stonework → inscriptions →
hasFunction	entrance gate →
hasMaterial	stone →
hasNameInArabic	Bab al-Qattanin →
hasNameInArabicScript	باب القطانين →
hasNameInHebrew	שער מוכרי הכותנה →
heritageStatus	part of Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site →
isAccessPointFor	Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque → daily prayers at Haram al-Sharif →
locatedIn	Haram al-Sharif → Jerusalem → Old City of Jerusalem → State of Palestine → Temple Mount →
namedAfter	cotton market →
near	Chain Gate → Iron Gate → Western Wall Plaza →
orientation	west-facing entrance to Haram al-Sharif →
overlooks	Dome of the Rock plaza →
partOf	western wall of Haram al-Sharif enclosure →
religiousSignificance	access point to Islamic holy site →
sideOfComplex	western side of Temple Mount →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls →
urbanRole	link between commercial souq and sacred precinct →
usedBy	Muslim worshippers → visitors →
usedFor	access to Temple Mount →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Noble Sanctuary → Noble Sanctuary ("Mughrabi Gate") →	accessViaGate
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery ("Bab al-Rahma Gate") →	adjacentTo
Cotton Merchants' Gate ("Gate of the Cotton Merchants") →	hasAlternativeName
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery ("Bab al-Rahma (Gate of Mercy)") →	namedAfter