 At some time in the 19th century , the Arabs began referring to the wall as the al @-@ Buraq Wall . This was based on the tradition that inside the wall was the place where Muhammad tethered his miraculous winged steed , al @-@ Buraq . The tradition on which this is based only states that the Prophet , or the angel <unk> 'il ( Gabriel ) , tethered the steed at the gate of the mosque , meaning : at the gate of the Temple Mount . The location of the entry gate identified as the one used by Muhammad varied throughout the centuries , from the eastern and southern walls , to the southwest corner , and finally at the western wall , and specifically at Barclay 's Gate immediately adjacent to the " Wailing Place " of the Jews . Israeli archaeologist Meir Ben @-@ Dov concluded that the Muslim association with Western Wall began in the late nineteenth century in response to renewed Jewish identification with the site . 
