Muslim Quarter

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historic district neighborhood quarter of Jerusalem

The Muslim Quarter is the largest and most populous of the four traditional quarters in Jerusalem’s Old City, known for its bustling markets, historic Islamic sites, and predominantly Muslim residents.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Muslim Quarter of the Old City	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ quarter of Jerusalem ⓘ
borders	Armenian Quarter ⓘ Christian Quarter ⓘ Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ surface form: Jewish Quarter
country	Israel ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly Palestinian residents ⓘ
hasFunction	commercial area ⓘ religious pilgrimage destination ⓘ residential area ⓘ
hasGateAccess	Damascus Gate ⓘ Herod's Gate ⓘ Lions' Gate ⓘ surface form: Lion's Gate
hasLandmark	Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family ⓘ Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Church of Saint Anne (near Lion's Gate) Damascus Gate ⓘ Herod's Gate ⓘ Khan al-Sultan ⓘ Lions' Gate ⓘ surface form: Lion's Gate Suq Khan al-Zeit ⓘ Suq al-Qattanin ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Temple Mount western approaches Via Dolorosa ⓘ al-Omari Mosque (Old City) ⓘ
hasStreet	El-Wad Street ⓘ surface form: Al-Wad Road El-Wad Street ⓘ Via Dolorosa ⓘ surface form: Via Dolorosa Street
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls ⓘ
historicalEra	Mamluk period architecture ⓘ Ottoman period urban fabric ⓘ
knownFor	bustling markets ⓘ dense residential area ⓘ historic Islamic sites ⓘ
locatedIn	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
marketType	traditional souks ⓘ
partOf	Jerusalem ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ
relativePopulation	most populous quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
relativeSize	largest quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
religiousMajority	Muslim ⓘ
secondaryLanguageSpoken	English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
timeZone	Israel Standard Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Israel Daylight Time ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Jerusalem ⓘ
urbanForm	covered bazaars ⓘ narrow alleys ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christian Quarter → borderedBy → Muslim Quarter ⓘ

Jewish Quarter of the Old City → borders → Muslim Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim Quarter of the Old City

Herod's Gate → givesAccessTo → Muslim Quarter ⓘ

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasPart → Muslim Quarter ⓘ