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In 1840, a British Jew asked for permission to pave an area near the Western Wall. The then governor of Syria responded with the following: | In 1840, a British Jew asked for permission to pave an area near the Western Wall. The then governor of Syria responded with the following: | ||
{{Quote|<ref>F. E. Peters (1985). Jerusalem. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 541–542.. Arabic text in A. L. Tibawi (1978). The Islamic Pious Foundations in Jerusalem. London: The Islamic Cultural Centre. Appendix III.</ref>| | |||
It is evident from the copy of the record of the deliberations of the Consultative Council in Jerusalem that the place the Jews asked for permission to pave adjoins the wall of the Haram al-Sharif and also the spot where the Buraq was tethered, and is included in the endowment charter of Abu Madyan, may God bless his memory; that the Jews never carried out any repairs in that place in the past. ... Therefore the Jews must not be enabled to pave the place.}} | |||
==Relevant sources== | ==Relevant sources== | ||