This market, known as the Bab-Khan-el-Zeit, is the chief one in the old Moslem Quarter. The different faiths and races in the Holy City dwell more or less apart and each patronize separate markets.
This is the northeast corner of the old city wall. Jerusalem was fortified by the Crusaders and later by Saladin in 1192. The fortifications were dismantled in 1219 and restored ten years later, only to be destroyed again in 1239. The present walls were built in 1542 by Suleiman the Magnificent.