Bayt Dajan
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Bayt Dajan, also known as Dajūn, was a Palestinian Arab village situated approximately 6 kilometers southeast of Jaffa. It is thought to have been the site of the biblical town of Beth Dagon, mentione
Bayt Dajan, before 1935. From the Khalil Raad-collection.
Bayt Dajan 1929 1:20,000
Bayt Dajan 1945 1:250,000
Palmach HQ in Bayt Dajan,1947
Haseki Sultan Imaret
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Haseki Sultan Imaret was an Ottoman public soup kitchen established in Jerusalem to feed the poor during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. The imaret was part of a massive Waqf complex built in 1
The Endowment Charter of Hürrem Sultan mentions the Haseki Hürrem Sultan Mosque, Madrasa and Imaret, CE 1556-1557 (AH 964).
The imaret's north door (left) and the red-and-white former palace of Lady Tunshuk.