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Bab Sidi Abdallah Cherif

Summary

Bab Sidi Abdallah Cherif (Arabic: باب سيدي عبد الله الشريف) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It was situated at the south-western extremity of the kasbah, but has been destroyed.

Old postcard showing the mausoleum of Sidi Abdallah Cherif

It is also called Bab El Ghedar (Arabic: باب الغدر) which means "Gate of the treason".

Etymology edit

This gate takes its name from a saint, Sidi Abdallah Cherif, whose tomb is nearby, outside the medina of Tunis's rampart.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Vieux Tunis". www.commune-tunis.gov.tn (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-02-11.