Masallacin al-Buraq
Masallacin al-Buraq (Larabci: مَسْجِدُ ٱلْبُرَاق) masallaci ne da ke karkashin kasa kusa da bangon Yamma, wanda ke kusurwar kudu maso yammacin harabar Alaqsa a tsohon birnin Kudus. Wannan masallaci ana kiransa masallacin al-Buraq saboda zobe da aka rataye a bangonsa inda musulmi suka yi imani Muhammad ya daure Buraq daga masallacin al-Haram zuwa masallacin al-Aqsa a lokacin Tafiyar Dare.

Tarihi 
Masallacin yana cikin mashigin da aka rufe wanda a da ya kai ga Ƙofar Gafara (Bāb Hittah) ko Ƙofar Barclay, wanda ke kudancin ƙarshen bangon Yamma. Cikin kofar, wanda ya kasance mashigar Dutsen Temple a lokacin farkon Musulunci, a halin yanzu ana kiransa da Masallacin al-Buraq. Ƙofar ginin ƙasa yana fuskantar arewa kuma nan da nan ya fita daga Ƙofar Moors (Bāb al-Magharibah).

Masu gargajiya na Dutsen Temple sun gano Ƙofar Barclay tare da Ƙofar Kiponus, wanda aka ambata a matsayin ƙofar yamma na farfajiyar waje a Mishnah ( Middot 3: 1). Suna kuma ɗauka cewa an ba wa Ƙofar Kiponus sunan Coponius (AD 6-9), ɗan mulkin Roma, don haka ɗaya daga cikin ƙofofin huɗu da Josephus ya kwatanta.

Gine-gine 
A binciken da Barclay da mabiyansa suka gudanar a binciken binciken kayan tarihi ya nuna cewa kofa tana da fadin mita 5.06 da tsayin kofa 8.80, wanda ke ba da haske kan girman masallacin. A cewar wuraren tarihi na archeological, an yi amfani da wannan kofa a matsayin hanyar shiga Dutsen Haikali a lokacin mulkin Umayyawa, dangane da siffofi na tsari, kamar gefuna na chamfered: wani nau'i na musamman na dukkanin kofofin Umayyawa da ke kusa, kamar Ƙofar Zinariya da Ƙofar Biyu. Alama a wajen masallacin ta nuna cewa tun daga lokacin Mamluk. Gabaɗaya, ana amfani da hanyar ƙofar zuwa wani lokaci bayan AD 985, inda aka toshe ta aka canza ta zuwa wani rijiyar da ke kusa da Masallacin Al-Buraq. Duk da cewa babbar kofar Masallacin Al-Buraq da ke bangon Yamma ta kasance a rufe ta dindindin, har yanzu masallacin yana samun damar yin ibada daga wata kofar shiga ta Temple Mount's west corridor.

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