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  2. Gates of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Bab al-Sheikh - Wikipedia

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    During the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, Bab al-Sheikh, similar to a lot of areas in Baghdad, saw a major decline in the medical, social, and job sectors. The area, including the Qadiriyya mausoleum, madrasa and library, were looted and vandalized by foreigners. Many of Bab al-Sheikh's people migrated which left the area in dire poverty. [16]

  4. Bab al-Talsim - Wikipedia

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    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] In 1638, Ottoman Sultan Murad IV ...

  5. Dima Kandalaft - Wikipedia

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    One of her most prominent roles was a role in Bab al-Hara. [ 3 ] On 30 May 2015, Kandalaft married Humam Al Jazaeri, a former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade.

  6. Cairo Citadel - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay - Wikipedia

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    The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay (among other variations) is an urban caravanserai (wikala or wakala) and rab (apartment complex) built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt. [1]

  8. Kasbah of Moulay Ismail - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Fortifications of Cairo - Wikipedia

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    [13] [1] Similarly, Bab al-Futuh was originally called Bab al-Iqbal, or "the Gate of Prosperity," and was later renamed Bab al-Futuh by Badr al-Gamali. [1] Bab al-Nasr is flanked by two towers of square shape, with shield insignias carved into the stone, while Bab al-Futuh is flanked by round towers. [1] The vaulted stone ceilings inside Bab al ...