Chemistry:Gold Market
| Gold Market Souk ad-Dahab Qissariya Market | |
|---|---|
 Women strolling through the market | |
  Location in Gaza | |
| Alternative names | Caesarea market[1] |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Gaza |
| Country | Palestine |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 31°30′11″N 34°27′50″E / 31.50306°N 34.46389°E |
The Gold Market (Arabic: سوق الذهب Souk ad-Dahab; also known as the Qissariya Market, Arabic: سوق القيسارية Souk al-Qissariya) was a narrow covered passageway located in the old quarter of Gaza, Palestine; it was both a center for trading and buying gold, and location for foreign exchange.[2] The market was located along the southern edge of the Great Mosque of Gaza,[3] beside the main Omar Mukhtar Street. The Market was configured with a pointed and vaulted roof above the central road, which was lined on both sides by small shops that are themselves roofed by the cross vaults of the covered central road.[4]
History
A late15th-century document mentions a Qissariya at Gaza that was built on the orders of Sheikh Shams ad-Din al-Himsi, a qadi or judge. The archaeologist Moain Sadeq suggests that this refers to the Gold Market immediately south of the Great Omari Mosque and that it was established during al-Himi's tenure as qadi from 1448/49 to 1476/77 (851–881 AH).[5] The Market originally formed a part of a much larger covered market, but most of the area was destroyed by the British Army during World War I.[6]
It was common for people from Gaza to buy jewellery from the Gold Market to present to brides as a traditional gift as part of Palestinian marriage.[7] The market underwent a conservation programme between 2020 and 2023.[8] The market was destroyed on December 7th, 2023, by an Israeli air strike on the adjacent Great Omari Mosque.[9][10]
See also
- Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- List of archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip
References
- ↑ "Destruction of the Palestinian cultural heritage of Gaza – in pictures". The Guardian. 11 January 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/11/palestinian-cultural-heritage-gaza-destruction-in-pictures. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Jacobs 1998, p. 454.
- ↑ Sadeq 1991, p. 288.
- ↑ Travel in Gaza MidEastTraveling.
- ↑ Sadeq 1991, pp. 290–291.
- ↑ Gold Market Review Lonelyplanet.
- ↑ Abdulrahim, Raja; Rosales, Helmuth; Shbair, Bilal; Singhvi, Anjali; Solomon, Erika; Abuheweila, Iyad; Bashir, Abu Bakr; Harouda, Ameera et al. (29 October 2024). "Gaza in Ruins After a Year of War". The New York Times. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3122175947/2B23AF6E0A80404FPQ/.
- ↑ The Catastrophic state of Gaza’s cultural heritage under the deliberate Israeli bombings: Case of Souk Al-Qaisariyya, ICOMOS Palestine, 27 August 2024, p. 2, https://palestine.icomos.org/reports/urgent-heritage-alert-1-27-august-2024/, retrieved 13 February 2025
- ↑ Estrin, Daniel (9 December 2023). "Israeli strike leaves Gaza's oldest mosque in ruins". https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218384968/mosque-gaza-omari-israel-hamas-war.
- ↑ "Destruction of the Palestinian cultural heritage of Gaza – in pictures" (in en-GB). the Guardian. 11 January 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/11/palestinian-cultural-heritage-gaza-destruction-in-pictures.
Bibliography
- Jacobs, Daniel (1998), Israel and the Palestinian territories, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-248-0, https://books.google.com/books?id=JXoY2vCZ5AEC&dq=Omar+Mukhtar+Street+Gaza&pg=RA5-PA453
- Sadeq, Moain (1991) (in de). Die mamlukische Architektur der Stadt Gaza. Klaus Schwarz Verlag. doi:10.1515/9783112400968. ISBN 978-3-11-240096-8.
External links
- Photo album of recovery efforts at the Gold Market
- Marché al-Qaysāriyya (Souk al-Qissariya, marché de l’or) (in French), part of the Gaza, inventaire d’un patrimoine bombardé
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