Muristan

The Muristan (; ) is a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the location of the first Bimaristan of the Knights Hospitaller. The name Muristan is derived from the Persian word Bimārestān, meaning "hospital".

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Settlement.name: Muristan
Settlement.image_skyline: Suq Aftimos.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: The market area of the Muristan, Suq Aftimos, with the Muristan fountain at its centre
Settlement.pushpin_map: Old Jerusalem
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type1: City
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Old City of Jerusalem
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Quarter
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Christian Quarter
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 11th century

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Image: Muristan Fountain and Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (10805477796).jpg

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Commons category: Muristan
inception: 1903-01-01

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Christianity
History
Roman period
Byzantine period
Early Muslim period
Crusader period
Ayyubid period and later decay
19th century
Archaeology
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==Christianity== The area just south of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has a long tradition dating to the days of Judas Maccabeus in the 2nd century BC, based on incidents recorded in the Second Book of Maccabees. According to the legend, King Antiochus V proceeded to Jerusalem to punish the High Priest for plundering David's Tomb. While on Golgotha, the king was directed in a divine vision to pardon the High Priest, and to build a hospital for the care of the sick and poor on that spot. In 1496, William Caoursin, Vice-Chancellor of the Hospitallers, wrote that Judas Maccabaeus and John Hyrcanus founded the hospital on that spot.