Bab (gateway)

Bab is the semitic word for gateway. Several babs have been built throughout the time, such as the Babs of Cairo and those of Marrakech.

Ottoman Empire

  • Bab-ı Âli Ottoman empire sublime port
  • Bab-u Saade Hapeness gate.

Egypt

  • Bab El Fetouh
  • Al-Bāb al-Jadīd (the New Gate), built in 1170 in the eastern wall; still remains
  • Bāb al-Ghūrī (the Gate of the Attacker)
  • Bāb al-Ḩusayniyyah (Ḩusayniyyah Gate, referring to a district)
  • Bāb al-Khalq (the Gate of Creation)
  • Bab El Khoga
  • Bāb al-Nasr (the Gate of Victory)
  • Bāb al-Qanţarah (the Gate of the Bridge)
  • Bāb al-Qilà (the Gate of Alkali)
  • Bāb al-Sharī‘ah (the Gate of Law)
  • Bāb al-Silsilah (the Gate of the Chain)
  • Bāb al-Sirr (the Gate of the Secret)
  • Bāb al-Tawfīq (the Gate of Success)
  • Bāb al-Wazīr (the Minister's Gate), opened in 1341 by the wazīr *(minister of state) Najm al-Dīn Muḩammad; still remains
  • Bāb Khān al-Khalīlī (Khān al-Khalīlī Gate, referring to a *district)
  • Bāb Sa‘ādah (Gate of Happiness)
  • Bāb Darb al-Laban (Milk Road Gate)
  • Bab Zuweila

Morocco

  • Bab Agnaou
  • Bab er Robb

Tunisia

  • Bab el Khadra
  • Bab Saadoun

See also

  • Gate