Bab Diwan information

10°45′44″E / 34.734766°N 10.762225°E / 34.734766; 10.762225 Bab Diwan (Arabic: باب الديوان) or Bab Bhar (Door of the sea) (Arabic: باب بحر) is one of the gates...

historical images The French ironclad Colbert which bombarded Sfax (1881) Bab Diwan (1890) Colonel Bougrain and Léon Beaufils in Sfax (1934) British Army...

areas. Bab Diwan Bab Jebli Bab Jebli Jedid Bab El Ksar Bab El Kasbah Bab Nahj El Bey Bab Borj Ennar Bab Charki Bab Gharbi Bab Nahj El Bey Bab Diwan Bab Jebli...

gates, Bab Nahj El Bey was built during the 20th century in order to help decreasing the flood of passengers through Bab Jebli and Bab Diwan, and to...

called Bab Jedid (the new door), as it was the first gate to be built in the end of the 19th century, more than 1000 years after bab Jebli and Bab Diwan, the...

Originally, the medina had only two doors: Bab Jebli, also known as Bab Dhahraoui (Northern door), and Bab Diwan or Bab Bhar (the sea door). Yet, in the 20th...

city of Sfax. It opens, at the same time, on the Kasbah's street and the Bab Diwan square. Thanks to this strategic location, the Sidi El Bahri mosque played...

The fort is located in the southeast corner of the medina, close to Bab Diwan and Bab Borj Ennar. It is in continuity with the walls and allows a full supervision...

In his book History of Sfax, Boubaker Abdelkafi suggests that Bab Jebli and Bab Diwan are the oldest and the unique entrances of the medina until the...

from Yasawi's Dīwān-i Hikmat, transliterated into Latin script and translated into English. Legend has it that a religious mystic, Arystan-Bab (also known...

Bab Bou Jeloud (also spelled Bab Boujeloud or Bab Boujloud) is an ornate city gate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was...

close to the walls of the medina. It is located in the east quarter of Bab Diwan. The top of the minaret offers a panoramic view of the facade of the medina...

medina of Sfax, Tunisia. The mosque is located in Borj Ennar Street near Bab Diwan. It is integrated as part of the Sidi Amar Kammoun mausoleum. The first...

instead referred to as diwan. The diwan is traditionally believed to inherit the baraka, or spiritual power, of Baba Farid. The diwan of the Pakpattan shrine...

is located in the southern part of the medieval city, just in front of Bab Diwan, the biggest and oldest entrance of the medina. Also, it can be reached...

The Diwan Mosque (also spelled Diouane Mosque) is a mosque in Fes, Morocco. It was founded by the 'Alawi sultan Moulay Slimane during his reign between...

inflicted, it is the president of the diwan who orders its execution, which must take place in the room of the diwan. This gives compulsory force to the...

gardens was in turn bounded by the western walls of the city. A gate known as Bab Agdal still stands here today and preserves its old Marinid-era layout. Abu...

Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani Chrabliyine Mosque Bab Guissa Mosque Bou Jeloud Mosque R'Cif Mosque Abu al-Hassan Mosque Diwan Mosque Bou Inania Madrasa Madrasa al-Attarine...

al-Akhdar Also known as the Diwan of Education or the Diwan of Education and Teaching of Islamic State. Another official name is the Diwan of Resources, and it...

in the new walls have survived: Bab al-Nasr (1087), Bab al-Futuh (1087) and Bab Zuweila (1092). Bab al-Futuh and Bab Zuweila were built at the northern...

Bab Mahrouk, also spelled Bab Mahruq, (Arabic: باب المحروق ) is historically the main western city gate of Fes el Bali, the old walled city of Fes, Morocco...

Kasbah Tamdert Gates Bab al-Amer Bab Bou Jeloud Bab Chorfa Bab Dekkakin (Bab es-Sebaa) Bab Ftouh Bab Guissa Bab Mahrouk Bab Semmarine Bab Segma For other gates...

Jew") near Bab Guissa in the northeast of the city. The city's original Jewish cemetery was also located near here, just outside the gate of Bab Guissa....