Fig. 7 

The grand Mosque with cistern (a) [18], small Mosque cistern with exterior elevation of the Quibbla wall with the text of construction (b) [66], the entrance of the bathrooms (c), and the ruins of barracks (d). The internal design incorporates religious elements which is demonstrated by the presence of four mosques (Fig. 6; sites 1–4), two of which are unroofed "Musalla" (Figs. 6; sites 3–4; 8a), they are always used for crowded worshipers, possibly during Eid. The Mihrab (Fig. 8b) of Fatimid dimensions and ornamentation [66], as well as windows of radial shapes, support the idea that the fortress has been built before Saladin and belonged to the Fatimid Caliphate during the Era of Khalifa Al-Amer (1102–1130 AD), [68]. Shops or weapon armories are discovered (Fig. 6 sites 6, 9) [67], and related to military purposes, however, site 6 is referred to as a prison (Fig. 8c) [21]. Among the renovations made by Saladin is a monumental square external entrance crowned with a limestone arch whose keystone bears an inscription in the name of Allah (Fig. 8d). On the other hand, the inscriptions engraved on the internal entrance show two six-pointed stars (Fig. 8e) that also scatter on walls and ceilings, it is the iconic six-pointed star of Saladin (Fig. 8f) [21, 69, 70]