Bāb al-Naṣr
Bab al-Nasr, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gate
- Description: gate in the Old City of Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Bab al-Nasr”, “Bab an Nasr”, “Bāb an Naşr”, “Bāb an-Naṣr”, and “Bab Nasr”
- Historically known as: “Bab al-Izz”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wikala Qaitbey and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Wikala Qaitbey
Historic building
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay is an urban caravanserai and rab built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1 km south of Bāb al-Naṣr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Al Daher.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
Bāb al-Naṣr
- Categories: fixed construction, city gate, and fortified gateway
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bāb al-Naṣr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب النصر, القاهرة”
- Arabic: “باب النصر”
- Catalan: “Bab al-Nasr”
- Chinese: “勝利門（開羅）”
- Chinese: “胜利门（开罗）”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باب النصر”
- French: “Bab al-Nasr”
- French: “Bāb al-Naṣr”
- French: “Bab el Nasr”
- French: “Bâb an-Nasr” (historical)
- French: “Bâb el-Nasr” (historical)
- French: “Bal el-Ma Nasr” (historical)
- German: “Bab an-Nasr”
- German: “Bab en-Nasr”
- Indonesian: “Bab an-Nasr (Kairo)”
- Indonesian: “Bab an-Nasr”
- Italian: “Bab al-Nasr”
- Japanese: “ナスル門 (カイロ)”
- Spanish: “Bab al-Nasr”
- Ukrainian: “Баб ан-Наср”
- Urdu: “باب النصر (قاہرہ)”
- Urdu: “باب النصر”
- Western Panjabi: “باب النصر (قاہرہ)”
- Western Panjabi: “باب النصر”
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