"and began to spread out of the Jewish Quarter into the Muslim Quarter, including Bab al-Huta. The neighborhood is considered one of the poorest areas in the Old City. It is home to the Dom Romani community of the Old City, known in Arabic as ""al-Nawar"", led by ""mukhtar"" Abed-Alhakim Mohammed Deeb Salim. Bab Huta Bab al-Huta is a neighborhood in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to the north of the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount). It is named after the gate in the Haram compound which is Arabic for ""Forgiveness Gate"". In the late 15th century,"
"for guards dwellings with Borj Bab Jebli's tower on top of it. Bab Jebli Bab Jebli (arabic : باب الجبلي) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax, located in the center of the northern facade of its walls between Bab Nahj El Bey and Bab Jebli Jedid. The gate gives access to a popular vegetables market and Sidi Bouchouicha Mosque inside the medina, and to a covered market in its outside. In his book ""History of Sfax"", ""Boubaker Abdelkafi"" suggests that Bab Jebli and Bab Diwan are the oldest and the unique entrances of the medina until"
"Bab Jebli Bab Jebli (arabic : باب الجبلي) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax, located in the center of the northern facade of its walls between Bab Nahj El Bey and Bab Jebli Jedid. The gate gives access to a popular vegetables market and Sidi Bouchouicha Mosque inside the medina, and to a covered market in its outside. In his book ""History of Sfax"", ""Boubaker Abdelkafi"" suggests that Bab Jebli and Bab Diwan are the oldest and the unique entrances of the medina until the end of the 19th century. It was built during the reign"
"the old medina) and Bab Mahrouk. It is enclosed by tall fortified walls and closed off from the rest of the medina: the main city walls of Fes el-Bali run along its northwestern side, while another wall curtails it on its eastern and southern sides. Its only entry point is Bab Chorfa, a monumental gate that opens from Place Bou Jeloud (Bou Jeloud Square; also known as Place Pacha el-Baghdadi or Place Baghdadi). The gate is flanked by two strong octagonal towers and is decorated with carved patterns. Inside the gate the passage is bent at straight angles and composed"
"at both ends (north and east) with heavy doors. The breach in the wall was created in 1898 by the Ottoman authorities in order to allow German emperor Wilhelm II to enter the city triumphally. The breach and the ramp leading up to it are now allowing cars to access the Old City from the west. The L shape of the historical gateway was a classical defensive measure designed to slow down oncoming attackers, with its outer gate oriented in the direction of Jaffa Road, from which travellers including pilgrims arrived at the end of their journey from the port"
"flagpole hoisted a huge Saudi flag before a crowd of thousands. The flagpole succeeded Dushanbe Flagpole as the tallest flagpole in the world. Bab Makkah, also known as Makkah Gate, is a limestone coral gateway that leads into the historic Al-Balad district of Jeddah. The Mecca Gate, named the ""Quran Gate"", is located 60 km outside Jeddah on the Makkah Mukkarram road of the Jeddah - Mecca Highway. It is the entrance to Mecca and the birthplace of Muhammad. The gate signifies the boundary of the ""haram"" area of the city of Mecca, where non-Muslims are prohibited to enter. The"
"tradition the burial site of Ibrahim/Abraham is in Hebron, the Arabic name of the city is El-Khalil, so the Arabic name for the Jaffa Gate translates as ""Hebron Gate"". In medieval times the Arabs used to call this gate ""Bab Mihrab Dawud"", or ""Gate of David's Chamber or Sanctuary"", out of the belief that the room atop the Herodian tower stump represented the ""private chamber"" or ""prayer room"" of Prophet Dawud, which is specifically mentioned in the Koran (Surah 38. Sad, Ayah 21). Prophet Dawud is how King David is known in Islam. The Crusaders, who rebuilt the citadel to"
"Bab El Kasbah Bab El Kasbah (Arabic: باب القصبة) is one of the gates of the Medina of Sfax, located in the west of its walls southern facade and gives access to its kasbah. Originally, it was called Bab Jedid (the new door), as it was the first gate to be built in the end of the 19th century, more than 1000 years after bab Jebli and Bab Diwan, the medina's oldest gates. The gate got its current designation from the Kasbah located at its east. The main purpose behind this new entrance was to decrease the flood of passengers"
"Bab al-Jabiyah Bab al-Jabiya (; ""Gate of the Water Trough"") is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. During the Roman era, the gate was dedicated to Mars. Bab al-Jabiya was the main entrance on the city's west side. The gate opens on Medhat Pasha Souq, which is the modern western half of the Street Called Straight, the Roman east-west artery (""decumanus""), which still connects it to Bab Sharqi (the Roman """"Gate of the Sun""""). The gate's modern name dates to the Umayyad period and comes from the name of Jabiyah in the Golan Heights, then the capital"
"had four gates: Bab al-Kufa (""gate of Kufa""), Bab al-Sham (""gate of al-Sham or Damascus""), Bab al-Khorasan (""gate of Khorasan""), and Bab al-Basra (""gate of Basra""). Al-Khuld palace, the main palace of Baghdad built by al-Mansur, was located near the Bab al-Khorasan. This too is similar to the round cities of Darabgard and Gor, which had four gates. The Khorasan Gate marked the beginning of the Great Khorasan Road. None of the structures of the city has survived, and information are based on literary sources. The caliphal palace and the main mosque were located inside the circle. Influenced by the"
"likely reflected practices of local governance that existed in the Tafilalt. Among them were also many sharifian families of the extended royal Alaouite family (also of Filali origin, as mentioned), which may have further motivated the district's special status. (This may also be the reason for the name of its gate, Bab Chorfa; ""shurafa"" being the plural of Arabic ""sharif"".) Entry to the kasbah was forbidden to outsiders, which may be more or less still true today. The Kasbah (citadel) is located at the western or north-western tip of Fes el-Bali, between Bab Bou Jeloud (the main western entrance to"
"Bab Bou Jeloud The Bab Abi al-Jounoud or Bab Bou Jeloud (also spelled Bab Boujeloud or Bab Boujloud) is an ornate city gate and the main western entrance to Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The name ""Bou Jeloud"" dates from well before the existence of the current gate. By one account, the name is a vernacular corruption of the expression ""Bou Jnoud"", meaning a parade ground or military square, referring to the large square known as ""Place Bou Jeloud"" (also called ""Place el-Baghdadi"") just outside and to the west. It is also located near the site"
"century and maybe even later, a new gate called Bab al-Magharbeh was installed in the Western Wall above Barclay's Gate, at the level of the Temple Mount esplanade. It was named after the residents of the adjacent neighborhood, who had come to Jerusalem from Morocco in the days of Saladin. This gate is open to this day and has been since 1967 the only entrance to the Temple Mount accessible to non-Muslims. The gate, specifically the excavation of the historic ramp leading up to it, has been a point of contention between Israelis and Arab Muslims. In February 2004, a"
"Bab Gharbi Bab Gharbi or the Western Gate in Arabic (الباب الغربي) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in middle of the western front of the medina fence, next to Cheikh Mansour Hajr Rabat (which became a Primary School). It opens on Picville neighborhood, through the 18th of January Avenue. This gate was opened in 1936 (1355 Hejri) in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas. Sfax municipality restored it in 1960 and built a new entrance directed to the north just next to the old one"
"which is directed to the west. Bab Gharbi Bab Gharbi or the Western Gate in Arabic (الباب الغربي) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in middle of the western front of the medina fence, next to Cheikh Mansour Hajr Rabat (which became a Primary School). It opens on Picville neighborhood, through the 18th of January Avenue. This gate was opened in 1936 (1355 Hejri) in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas. Sfax municipality restored it in 1960 and built a new entrance directed to the north"
"of what used to be one of the main citadels of Fes el-Bali, the Kasbah Bou Jeloud, as well as near the Kasbah en-Nouar. The old Bab Bou Jeloud gate was a simple, modest gate that may have dated essentially from the 12th century. It gave access directly to the start of ""Tala'a Kebira"", the main souq street that crosses the medina and leads to the Qarawiyyin mosque and university at the heart of the city. The gate's passage was set at an angle perpendicular to Tala'a Kebira and parallel to the city wall, meaning that one entered sideways onto"
"sizes and functioned as workshops for craftsmen. Most of the khans took their names after their location in the souq and function, and are characterized with their beautiful façades and entrances with fortified wooden doors. The old part of the city is surrounded with , thick walls, pierced by the nine historical gates (many of them are well-preserved) of the old town. These are, clockwise from the north-east of the citadel: Bab al-Hadid, Bab al-Ahmar, Bab al-Nairab, Bab al-Maqam, Bab Qinnasrin, Bab Antakeya, Bāb Jnēn, Bab al-Faraj and Bab al-Nasr. The most significant historic buildings of the ancient city include:"
"the Gate of Al-Bunt, Gate of Al-Sham (also called Gate of Al-Sharaf) and Gate of Medina, facing north. The Turks also built The Qishla of Jeddah, a small castle for the city soldiers. In the 19th century these seven gates were minimized into four giant gates with four towers. These giant gates were the Gate of Sham to the north, the Gate of Mecca to the east, the Gate of Sharif to the south, and the Gate of Al-Magharibah on the sea side. Ahmed Al-Jazzar, the Ottoman military man mainly known for his role in the Siege of Acre, spent"
"beginning, Bab Bhar was a normal gate for passengers with the same form as Bab Jebli in the northern facade of the Medina. Yet, considering its geographical localization that made it more exposed to attacks, the gate benefited during the 17th century from improvements being made to the defenses of Sfax and got more fortified. The access to the inside of the city through this entrance was difficult, and before the 20th century modifications, every passenger taking it to enter the medina had to turn right and walk through a narrow alley inside the wall for about 30 meters before"
"Bab El Ksar Bab El Ksar (arabic: باب القصر) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax, located in the west of the northern face of the fence and giving access to Borj El Ksar, a defensive device occupying the north-west corner of the enclosure of the medina. Knowing that the topography of this site is slightly uneven, we reach this opening through a staircase that leads to the bus station of Bab Jebli and Faskiet El Fendri, a water cistern of Aghlabid origins next to the wall of Borj El Ksar. This door is part of series"
"to Jerusalem by a Jewish traveller from Leghorn uses the name ""Bâb el 'Amud"" and notes its proximity to the Cave of Zedekiah. Damascus Gate is flanked by two towers, each equipped with machicolations. It is located at the edge of the Arab bazaar and marketplace in the Muslim Quarter. In contrast to the Jaffa Gate, where stairs rise towards the gate, in the Damascus Gate, the stairs descend towards the gate. Until 1967, a crenellated turret loomed over the gate, but it was damaged in the fighting that took place in and around the Old City during the Six-Day"
"al-Ghawri at the beginning of the 16th century. The gate was completely ruined in the 1830s by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt during his campaign in Syria against the Ottomans between 1831-1833. in 1834, the stones of the gate were used to build the Ibrahim Pasha military barracks (the current Aleppo Citadel Museum) in the Citadel of Aleppo. The famous Hammam Bab al-Ahmar is located near the gate within the historic walls of the ancient city. Bab al-Ahmar Bab al-Ahmar () meaning the ""Red Gate"", was one of the nine historical gates of the Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria. The name"
"Mecca Gate The Gate of Mecca, Mecca Gate or Makkah Gate ( '), also known as Qur'an Gate ( '), is an arch gateway monumental on the Makkah al-Mukkarramah road of the Jeddah–Makkah Highway. It is the entrance to Mecca and the birthplace of prophet Muhammad – signifies the boundary of the ""haram"" area of the city of Mecca, where non-Muslims are prohibited to enter. The Gate was built in 1979. Design was done by Dia Aziz Dia, and architect was Samir Elabd. Mecca Mayor, Osama bin Fadl al-Bar, acts as Bawabat Makkah Co. Board of Directors Chairman. Complex Bawabat"
"Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo, or in Arabic Yaffa (, ; , also called Japho or Joppa), the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus, and later for its oranges. The town was mentioned in Egyptian sources and the Amarna letters as ""Yapu"". Mythology says that it is named for Yafet, one of the sons of Noah, the one who built it after the Flood. The Hellenist"
"that the Galilee, and Jaffa and Ashkelon, and all of the city of Jerusalem, including Bethlehem and Majdal Yaba, in addition to Tiberias, Safed, and Belvoir Castle and Al-Tur Castle, were all included in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In 1266, after the fall of Jaffa to the Mamluks, Sultan Baibars sent chiefs from Deir Ghassaneh to protect Majdal Yaba's tower. In the late 13th century, the castle fortress at Majdal Yafa was abandoned. Majdal Yaba was apparently repopulated when Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century, and by the 1596 tax records, it was a"
"city of Jaffa and its environs following a battle with the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1832. Though Egyptian rule over this area continued only until 1840, Egyptian Muslims settled in and around Jaffa, founding the village of ""Sakhanat Abu Kabir"", along with ""Sakhanat al-Muzariyya"", among others. An eastern suburb of Jaffa, many of the Egyptians who populated it came from the village of Tall al Kabir (or Tel Abu Kabir), and named it for their hometown. An Ottoman village list of about 1870 described ""Saknet Abu Kebir"" as a ""Beduin camp"", with 136 houses and a population of"
"Delhi Gate, Lahore Delhi Gate (, ""Delhi Darwaza"") is one of six remaining historic gates of the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan. Delhi Gate and the adjacent Shahi Hammam were restored in 2015 by the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan. The Delhi Gate was originally built during the Mughal period, and is now known as the Chitta Gate, about 100 metres west of the new Delhi Gate. The gate was named after Delhi since the gate opened east, in the general direction of that city. During the Mughal era, the gate served as the main gateway to Lahore, and its"
"the oldest gate of the south wall, opened onto the southern road. Bab Cartagena gave access to Carthage, important for bringing in construction materials needed for the city. Bab Souika (initially known as Bab El Saqqayin) had a strategic role to keep the roads to Bizerte, Béja and Le Kef. Bab Menara (initially known as Bab El Artha) opened onto the medina and on the suburb of El Haoua. As for El Bab Bhar, it allowed access to some funduqs where Christian merchants lived in Tunis. With the development of the capital under the reign of the Hafsids, two emerging"
"Bab al-Faraj (Damascus) Bab al-Faraj (; ""The Gate of Deliverance"") also known as Bab al-Bawabijiyah () and Bab al-Manakhiliyah () is one of the gates of the old city of Damascus in Syria. The gate was built as part of a large program to re-fortify the city following its capture by Nur ad-Din Zangi in 1154. The twin gate crosses a bridge over a section of the Barada river that runs along the northern city walls of Damascus. The gate is notable for being the only surviving gate in the city that was built completely after the Muslim conquest of"
"of openings that were done at the beginning of the 20th century (with Bab Jebli Jedid and Bab Nahj El Bey) in order to decongest the medina and promote the exchange with the external areas. Bab El Ksar Bab El Ksar (arabic: باب القصر) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax, located in the west of the northern face of the fence and giving access to Borj El Ksar, a defensive device occupying the north-west corner of the enclosure of the medina. Knowing that the topography of this site is slightly uneven, we reach this opening through"
"be found in the Mezquita in Córdoba. Bab Ksiba and Bab Agnaou gives entrance to the royal kasbah in the southern part of the medina of Marrakech a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a favorite location for Tourist Accommodation within the Medina. The kasbah, built by the Almohad sultan Yaqub al-Mansour, is the site of El Mansouria (the kasbah mosque), the El Badi Palace and the Saadian Tombs. Bab Ksiba Bab Ksiba (, """") is one of the nineteen gates of Marrakech, Morocco. It was built in the 12th century in the time of the Almohad dynasty. The name Ksiba,"
"the gate. Notable interments: It is also said that the heads of 16 martyrs of the Battle of Karbala are buried in Bab Al-Saghir, such as: The following tombs are also found within this cemetery, however these are empty graves created for the purpose of ""ziyārah"" (), with the actual graves being at ""Jannaṫul-Baqī‘"" (Classical ), in Medinah, Saudi Arabia: In addition, the area has: Bab al-Saghir Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (, ""Small Gate""), also called ""Goristan-e-Ghariban"", may refer to one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, and street in the modern city of Damascus, Syria. It has"
"Wazir Khan Mosque, as well as adjacent the Shahi Hammam. Delhi Gate, Lahore Delhi Gate (, ""Delhi Darwaza"") is one of six remaining historic gates of the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan. Delhi Gate and the adjacent Shahi Hammam were restored in 2015 by the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan. The Delhi Gate was originally built during the Mughal period, and is now known as the Chitta Gate, about 100 metres west of the new Delhi Gate. The gate was named after Delhi since the gate opened east, in the general direction of that city. During the Mughal era, the"