Dome of Yusuf Agha

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).

31°46′34.644″N 35°14′6.324″E / 31.77629000°N 35.23509000°E / 31.77629000; 35.23509000

• Media related to Dome of Yusuf Agha at Wikimedia Commons
• The outside of the structure on YouTube (41 seconds)
• Panorama of the courtyard with the dome in it. Another panorma, seen from farther north