Bab (gateway)

For other uses, see Bab.

Bāb (باب) is an Arabic word for gateway, also found as a loanword in Persian and Ottoman Turkish. Commonly used names of several gateways built throughout the centuries in Arabic or Persianate societies start with "Bab", such as the Babs of Cairo and those of Marrakech.

Ottoman Empire

Egypt

Morocco

Tunisia

See also

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