Restoration of al-Aqsa's northern porch

Al-Aqsa's northern porch was restored in 1217, and its eastern and western vaults were redone in 1345 and 1350. ¹

After the mosque's return to Islam it saw a succession of repairs: the northern porch was restored in 1217 under the Ayyubids, then the eastern and western vaults were rebuilt in the Mamluk era in 1345 and 1350. The building thus remained in essence a Fatimid mosque whose façades, vaults and columns carried Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk details — later overlaid by Ottoman repairs of uneven quality and then by a major supervised restoration programme between 1937 and 1942. ¹