Fourth: It stood on Darb Banī Naṣr, between Darb al-Ḥabbālayn and Darb al-Tamīmī. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir (1) said, “I myself saw part of its structure, although the greater portion had already fallen into ruin.”

Fifth: The Church of Paul. Ibn ʿAsākir (2) relates, “It was located to the west of the Qaysāriyya al-Fakhrīyya [ruined], and I observed some of the foundations of its ḥinīya (apse).”

Sixth: It occupied the site of the Dār al-Wakāla and is known today as the Church of the Qalānsiyyīn. I add: The Qalānsiyyīn are nowadays called the Khawāṣṣīn (3) (4).

Seventh: This is the church found today on Darb al-Saqīl; it was formerly called the Church of Ḥumayd ibn Durrah, because that lane had been granted to him as an iqṭāʿ. He was Ḥumayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Masāḥiq al-Qurashī al-ʿĀmirī, and Durrah was his mother—Durrah daughter of [Abī] Hāshim ibn ʿUtbah ibn Rabīʿah, whose father was the maternal uncle of Muʿāwiyah. Since the lane had been assigned to him, the church took his name. He was a Muslim. Nothing remains to them today but this church, and even that is largely in ruins.

As for the Jacobites, they have a church inside Bāb Tūmā between Rahbat Khālid—that is, Khālid ibn Asīd ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ (5)—and Darb Ṭalḥah ibn ʿAmr ibn Murrah al-Juhanī; this is the eighth church.

The Jacobites had another church between Darb al-Tanawī and Sūq ʿAlī. Ibn ʿAsākir (6) says, “Some of its masonry still survives, though it has been in ruins for ages.” This is the ninth church.

The tenth is the Muṣallaba, the “Cruciform” Church. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir (7) writes, “It remains standing to this day between Bāb al-Sharqī and Bāb Tūmā, near the Nībaṭun by the city wall; people now pronounce it al-Nībṭūn.” Ibn ʿAsākir adds, “Most of it has collapsed.” This church was in fact ruined and demolished during the days of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, the conqueror of Jerusalem, sometime after 580 AH, that is, after the death of al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAsākir—may Allah have mercy on him.

Eleventh: The Church of Mary inside Bāb al-Sharqī. Ibn ʿAsākir (8) says, “It is among the largest that still remain in their possession.” I note: It was later destroyed long after his death, in the reign of al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn Baybars al-Bunduqdārī, as will be detailed below.