Gates of Cairo - Gates

Gates

Cairo's medieval city gates include:

• Bāb al-Baḩr (the Gate of the Shore), built in 1174 by Bahā’ al-Dīn Qaraqūsh, near northwest corner in the northern wall; destroyed in city modernizations by Muḩammad ‘Alī in early 19th century.
• Bāb al-Barakīyyah (the Gate of Blessedness?) I, built by Jawhar al-Şaqalī; destroyed in 1936.
• Bāb al-Barakīyyah II, built by Şalāh al-Din in 1184; part of the eastern wall which was built far to the east to allow expansion of the city eastward from the Nile.
• Bāb al-Faraj (the Gate of Succour), in the southern Cairo wall at the hall where the tomb of Set Seada is located.
• Bab al-Futuh - finished in the year 1087, remains at the northern end of Muizz Street
• 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-Naşr (the Gate of Victory) finished in 969 CE, replaced circa 1121 by the Bab al-'Izz (Gate of Prosperity), remains in Muizz Street district
• Bāb al-Qanţarah (the Gate of the Bridge)
• Bāb al-Qilà (the Gate of Alkali)
• Bāb al-Shaarīy‘ah In Arabic: باب_الشعرية (The Gate attributed to the name of a tribe)
• 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 (vizier—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)
• Bāb al-Zuweila - (Bawabbat al-Mitwali), the last remaining southern gate from the walls of 11th and 12th century Fatimid Cairo.