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Bab al-Talsim (Arabic: باب الطلسم), also known as Bab al-Halba or Talisman Gate, was expanded and restored in 1220 by Caliph al-Nasir, who left a decorative friezes and inscriptions around the gate. The gate was destroyed by the Ottoman troops in 1917 during their withdrawal from Baghdad, in order to prevent it from being turned into a ...
Bab al-Shams (Arabic: باب الشمس Bāb aš-Šams: Gate of the Sun) was a Palestinian encampment in the West Bank that housed 250 Palestinian and foreign activists for two nights in January 2013.
The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 CE as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was City of Peace (Arabic: مدينة السلام, romanized: Madīnat as-Salām).
Maqam Shihab al-Din, Nazareth — a small shrine and mosque on rooftop and the burial place of Shihab al-Din, Saladin's nephew who died at the Battle of Hattin near Tiberias. Located in front of the Basilica of the Annunciation .
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] In 1638, Ottoman Sultan Murad IV conquered Baghdad, he entered through the gate and had it sailed and closed off. [9]
Freedom Monument (or Nasb al-Hurriyah) (Arabic: نصب الحرية), located in al-Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) in the center of Baghdad, capital of Iraq, is the city's most well-known and well-loved monument.
Bab Chorfa: The gate to the Kasbah An-Nouar, a citadel at the western end of Fes el-Bali. Its current form dates from the 'Alawi era. [3] The name means the "Gate of the Sharifs". Bab Chems: This simple gateway is located at the western end of Place Bou Jeloud and at the eastern end of the walled corridor leading from the Old Mechouar and Fes ...
[3] [4] In medieval times, Bab as-Saghir was the main southern entrance into Damascus. It was refortified by General Nūr al-Dīn at around 1156 BCE (550 in Islamic years) and then later by the Ayyūbid sultans. [5] Bab as-Saghir was constructed out of mud bricks, causing it to be the weakest entrance to the city.