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Almohad https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> Military Expedition and Conquest of Jerusalem against the Christian Crusaders.

Moroccan Presence in Jerusalem since Medieval Times.
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During the Almohad Era, Moroccan Caliph Yaqub Al Mansur https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> establishes an alliance with Egypt https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇬" title="Flagge von Ägypten" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Ägypten"> under Ayubbid Sultan Saladin.

Saladin sends an ambassador to Marrakesh to plead allegiance to the Almohad Caliphate and prepare plans to fight against Christian Crusaders.
5 years later, the Ayubbids with the help of Almohad https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> army conquer Jerusalem from the hands of the Crusaders during the Battle of Hattin.

The troubadour poet Gavaudan calls Christians https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✝️" title="Lateinisches Kreuz" aria-label="Emoji: Lateinisches Kreuz"> to rally against "Rey de Marroc" who threatens Christianity in Andalus and Jerusalem.
Humbled by the courage of Moroccan soldiers, Saladin invites them to stay and repopulate Jerusalem.
Later, Saladin& #39;s son will give an entire area for Moroccans https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> to live in Jerusalem https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇸" title="Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete"> which will be named the Moroccan Quarter.
The Moroccan Quarter https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> has been the home of Moroccan descendants from the 13th Century to 1967 who still embrace their Moroccan heritage and transmit their ancestors& #39; history.
Centuries of Moroccan https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> culture presence has left an indelible mark and influence in Jerusalem. Here is a testimony of an inhabitant who acknowledges the Moroccan heritage.
He reminds that "Moroccans were well known in this city for the miracles they did for the defense of Muslims"
The Moroccan Quarter https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> was destroyed during the 1967 war by Israel to make room for the Kotel (Wailing Wall/Buraq Wall).

It has become one of the holiest place of prayer for Jews who commemorate the destruction of the Temple.
After its destruction, half the inhabitants came back to Morocco https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> centuries after their ancestors left. King Hassan II managed to bring them from Amman, Jordan.

Those who decided to stay are now in the Shu& #39;fat Jerusalem East refugee camp.
Two gates named after Morocco https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko"> are located at the limits of the old Moroccan quarter.

The first Morocco gate was built in the 12th Century under Saladin& #39;s Ayubbid dynasty.

It leads from the Moroccan quarter to Mosque Al Aqsa through a wooden bridge named Mughrabi Bridge.
The other Morocco gate is one of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem and leads to the Moroccan quarter.

It was built in the 16th Century under Soliman& #39;s Ottoman Dynasty.
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇸" title="Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete">, Amin Al Husseini and Yasser Arafat https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇸" title="Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Palästinensischen Autonomiegebiete"> and his family used to live in the Moroccan Quarter https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇦" title="Flagge von Marokko" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Marokko">.
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