an-Nāranj Pool

{{Short description|Feature in Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem}}

File:بركة النارنج.JPG

The an-Nāranj Pool ({{langx|ar|بركة النارنج}} {{transliteration|ar|Birkat an-Nāranj}}, {{literally|pond of the bitter orange}}) is a small pool in the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound. It is at the compound's western esplanade, between the Fountain of Qasim Pasha ({{Transliteration|ar|Sabil an-Nāranj}}) and the Fountain of Qayt Bay (to its south).

It was also known as {{Transliteration|ar|al-Rāranj}} ({{lang|ar|الرارنج}}) and {{Transliteration|ar|al-Ghāghanj}} ({{lang|ar|الغاغنج}}); both are phonetic variations of {{Transliteration|ar|an-Nāranj}}.

It was built in the Ottoman period.{{cite web |title=بركة النارنج |url=https://qudsinfo.com/knowquds/#/alaqsa-mosque/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%89/2 |website=معلومة مقدسية |language=ar}}{{cite web |title=The Bitter Orange Pond |url=https://en.qudsinfo.com/knowquds/#/alaqsa-mosque/other-water-sources/2 |website=QudsInfo}}

It was restored during the reign of Sultan Qaitbay and again in 1527 by Qasim Pasha, a governor of Jerusalem. In 1922, the Supreme Muslim Council reconstructed the pool, paved it with marble and encircled it with banisters. The pool is seven metres wide.{{dead link|date=May 2022}} [http://www.aqsa.org.uk/MULTIMEDIA/AlAqsaGuide/tabid/82/language/en-GB/Default.aspx Al Aqsa Guide]. Al-Aqsa Friends 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220121813/http://www.aqsa.org.uk:80/MULTIMEDIA/AlAqsaGuide/tabid/82/language/en-GB/Default.aspx |date=Dec. 20, 2008 }}

File:Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2017.jpg and the pool; the Chain Gate Minaret behind]]