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Bab Agnaou
Bab Agnaou

Bab Agnaou (Arabic باب اكناو) is one of the nineteen gates of Marrakech, Morocco. Marrakesh or Marrakech ( Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush) known as the "Red City" Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa It was built in the 12th century in the time of the Almohad dynasty. The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i

The name Agnaou, like Gnaoua, in Berber refers to black people (cf. For the article about music refer to Gnawa music Gnawa or Gnaoua ( Arabic alphabet: غناوة refers to an ethnic group Nomenclature The term Berber has been used in Europe since at least the 17th century and is still used today Akal-n-iguinawen - land of the black). The gate was called Bab al Kohl (also referring to black people) or Bab al Qsar (palace gate) in some historical sources.

The function of the gate must have been representation, first of all. The corner-pieces are decorated with floral decorations extending around a shell. This ornamentation is framed by three panels and on these panels is an inscription from the Quran in Maghribi, foliated Kufic letters, which were also used in Al-Andalus. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Maghrebi (or Maghribi script is a cursive form of the Arabic alphabet influenced by Kufic letters that developed in the Maghreb (Morocco and later in Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Al-Andalus (الأندلس was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims or Bab Agnaou was renovated and its opening reduced in size, during sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah. Mohammed Ben Abdellah al-Qatib (c 1710-1790 (محمد الثالث بن عبد الله الخطيب was Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 under the Alaouite Forerunners of this horseshoe-shaped gate with its corner-pieces, framed by inscriptions from the Quran can be found in the Mezquita in Cordoba. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran The Mezquita (Spanish for " Mosque " of Cordoba is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and former mosque situated in the Andalusian city of Córdoba ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It shows many similarities to the contemporary (much simpler) Bab Er-Rouah in Rabat. Rabat ( Arabic الرباط, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ) population 2 million ( 2007 estimate) is the

Bab Agnaou gives entrance to the royal kasbah in the southern part of the medina of Marrakech. A kasbah ( Arabic: "القصبة" or Qassabah is a unique kind of medina, Islamic city or fortress Marrakesh or Marrakech ( Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush) known as the "Red City" The kasbah, built by the Almohad sultan Yaqub al-Mansour, is the site of El Mansouria (the kasbah mosque), the El Badi Palace and the Saadian Tombs. A kasbah ( Arabic: "القصبة" or Qassabah is a unique kind of medina, Islamic city or fortress The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur (ابو يوسف يعقوب المنصور (c El Badi Palace ( قصر البديع - meaning the incomparable palace) is located in Marrakech, Morocco, and it consists nowadays The Saadian tombs in Marrakech date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603

Inscriptions on the Bab Agnaou (click 3x for maximum detail)
Inscriptions on the Bab Agnaou (click 3x for maximum detail)

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