Bab El Allouj
Bab El Allouj (Arabic: باب العلوج) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis.
Built under the Hafsid sultan Abū lshâq Ibrâhîm al-Mustansir (1349–1369), it was named Bab er-Rehiba or "the small esplanade gate". In 1435, it took the name of Bab El Allouj, when Sultan Abu Amr Uthman brought his mother's family from Italy (his mother was a former Italian captive) and installed her in the esplanade quarter which became Rahbat El Allouj, allouj (in the singular alij), describing white foreigners and often Christian slaves.[1]
References
- ^ Les portes
External links
Media related to Bab El Allouj at Wikimedia Commons
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City gates of Tunis
- Bab Alioua
- Bab Bnet
- Bab Cartagena
- Bab El Allouj
- Bab el Bhar
- Bab El Fellah
- Bab El Gorjani
- Bab El Jazira
- Bab el Khadra
- Bab Jedid
- Bab Laassal
- Bab Lakouas
- Bab Menara
- Bab Saadoun
- Bab Sidi Abdallah Cherif
- Bab Sidi Abdessalem
- Bab Sidi Kacem
- Bab Souika
- Part of Medina of Tunis
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