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Bab al-Faraj (باب الفرج; "The Gate of Deliverance") also known as Bab al-Bawabijiyah (باب البوابجية) and Bab al-Manakhiliyah (باب المناخلية) is one of the gates of the old city of Damascus in Syria.[1]

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  1. 15 relations: Aleppo, As-Salih Ayyub, Barada, Bazaar, Citadel of Damascus, City gate, Corbel, Damascus, Gate, Jamb, Lintel, Mamluk, Muslim conquest of the Levant, Nur al-Din Zengi, Syria.

  2. Ayyubid architecture in Syria
  3. Gates of Damascus
  4. Zengid architecture

Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.

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As-Salih Ayyub

Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub (5 November 1205 – 22 November 1249), nickname: Abu al-Futuh (أبو الفتوح), also known as al-Malik al-Salih, was the Ayyubid ruler of Egypt from 1240 to 1249.

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Barada

The Barada (بَرَدَىٰ / ALA-LC: Baradā) is the main river of Damascus, the capital city of Syria.

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Bazaar

A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and South Asia.

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Citadel of Damascus

The Citadel of Damascus (Qalʿat Dimašq) is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. Bab al-Faraj (Damascus) and citadel of Damascus are Ayyubid architecture in Syria.

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City gate

A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall.

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Corbel

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.

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Gate

A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls.

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Jamb

A jamb, in architecture, is the side-post or lining of a doorway or other aperture.

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Lintel

A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.

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Mamluk

Mamluk or Mamaluk (mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties, serving the ruling Arab and Ottoman dynasties in the Muslim world.

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Muslim conquest of the Levant

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Nur al-Din Zengi

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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See also

Ayyubid architecture in Syria

Gates of Damascus

Zengid architecture

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab_al-Faraj_(Damascus)