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Bab al-Mu'adham (Arabic: باب المعظم), also known as Bab al-Sultan, [2] was located at the beginning of the Al-Muadi Street nearby the Abu Hanifa Mosque in Adhamiyah district. The remains of the gate no longer exist as they were demolished after the Allied capture of Baghdad.
Al-Rawas Mosque, located near al-Gilani Street, was founded and built by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1893. It had a madrasa and the tomb of Husaynid Sheikh Muhammad al-Rawas, after whom the mosque is named after, who died in 1875.
A polo field in front of the gate was inaugurated in 1086 by Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah. [7] Bab al-Wastani is located north of where Bab al-Talsim once stood. [8] When Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered a map to be made of Baghdad in 1534, Bab al-Talsim wasn't included despite the details of the map. [4]
The monumental gate known as Bab Mansur al-'Alj (or Bab Mansour), still preserved today overlooking Place al-Hedim, was only finished in 1732 by his son Moulay Abdallah. [21] His other son and brief successor, Moulay Ahmad ad-Dhahabi , carried out modifications on Isma'il's mausoleum during his two brief reigns (in 1727–28 and 1728–29) and ...
The round tower at the other corner of the two enclosures (between Bab al-Qulla and Bab al-Wastani), known now as Burj al-Wastani ("Middle Tower"), may also date from this time. [16] The first mosque built in the Citadel after the Mamluk period was the Mosque of Sulayman Pasha in the Northern Enclosure, built by the Ottoman governor in 1528 for ...
Similar to Bab al-Nasr and Bab al-Futuh, Bab Zuwayla was also adjacent to gardens, namely the gardens of Qanṭara al-Kharq. [5] The Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh was built next to the gate between 1415 and 1420, at which time a pair of minarets were constructed on top of the two bastions that flank the gateway. [10]: 190–192
Major expansions and modifications continued throughout the 19th century. Under sultan Moulay Abd al-Rahman (ruled 1822–1859) the Bab Bou Jat Mechouar or Grand Mechouar was created to the west of the Moulay Abdallah quarter, providing the palace grounds with another ceremonial entrance to the northwest. [1]
Bab al-Asbat was built in the Mamluk period during the reign of Sultan al-Malik Ashraf Shaaban, the son of Sultan Hasan, in 769 AH/1367 AD at the hands of Prince Sayf Al-Din Qutlu Bagha, the governor of Jerusalem and the inspector of the two Harams (Haramayn) in 769 AH/1367 AD.