Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Jaffa Gate" in English language version.
The testimonies of the tenth-century Muslim geographers identify the Tower itself with the prayer place of King David (Mihrab Dawud), that was mentioned in the Qur'an...(9) ... At the top is a construction which resembles a room and that is the mihrab." Note 9: Qur'an, xxxviii. 21: "...they ascended over the wall into the upper chamber (mihrab), when they went in unto David...
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ignored (help)...on two sides showed the time in the European style and on the other two sides showed the time in the alaturka system. The British said that the clock tower was destroyed for aesthetic reasons, although some suggest it was done in order to impose the European time system and modernize Palestine.
...one reads the inscription:--"Dent, Cockspur Street, London" on the dial.
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