Bab_Qinnasrin

Bab Qinnasrin

Bab Qinnasrin

City gate in Aleppo, Syria

Not to be confused with Qinnasrin.

Bab Qinnasrin (Arabic: بَاب قِنَّسْرِيْن, romanized: Bāb Qinnasrīn), meaning the Gate of Qinnasrin is one of the gates of the medieval Old City of Aleppo in northern Syria.[1] In its present form, it dates to 1256.[1]

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History

The gate was originally built by the Hamdanid ruler Sayf al-Dawla in 964, and fitted with the doors of the gate of Amorium, taken as spoils by Caliph al-Mu'tasim after his sack of the city in 838. Al-Mu'tasim installed them at the entrance of his palace in Samarra, until they were taken, probably towards the end of the 9th century, and installed at Raqqa, whence Sayf al-Dawla in turn took them.[2]

Significant damage to the gate occurred as part of armed conflict in Aleppo during the Syrian war.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bab Qinnasrin". Archnet. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    Meinecke, Michael (1995). "al-Rakka". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 410–414. ISBN 90-04-09834-8.

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