Gold Market
Gold Market Souk ad-Dahab Qissariya Market | |
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![]() Women strolling through the market | |
General information | |
Town or city | Gaza |
Country | State of Palestine |
Coordinates | 31°30′11″N 34°27′50″E / 31.50306°N 34.46389°E |
The Gold Market (
History
Gazan judge Sheikh Shams ad-Din al-Himsi ordered the construction of the Gold Market in 1476 CE, under Mamluk rule in Palestine. 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.[2]
Throughout most of the 20th and 21st centuries, the market was visited mostly by men and women engaged to be married, to pick out gold jewellery, and by mothers-in-law to purchase gifts for their daughters-in-law. However, because of food shortages arising in Gaza from the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Gold Market presently is used chiefly by elderly Gazans selling family heirlooms to raise cash.[2]
Destroyed on December 7th, 2023 by an Israeli air strike on the adjacent Great Omari Mosque
References
- ^ Jacobs, 1998, p.454.
- ^ a b c Gold Market Review Lonelyplanet.
- ^ Travel in Gaza Archived August 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine MidEastTraveling.
Bibliography
- Jacobs, Daniel (1998), Israel and the Palestinian territories, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-248-0