Bāb as-Sāhira Cemetery or al-Sahira Cemetery an Islamic cemetery in
Jerusalem, a few meters north of the city wall's Bāb as-Sāhira (
Herod's Gate
Herod's Gate ( ar, باب الزاهرة, Bab az-Zahra, ) is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem), Muslim Quarter inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinians, Palestinian nei ...
). It was previously called the Mujahideen Cemetery.
Along with
Mamilla and
Bāb ar-Raḥma Cemeteries, it includes graves for those in
Saladin's army who died in battle (for ''al-fatḥ aṣ-Ṣalāḥī'', "the triumph of Saladdin").
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Cemeteries in Jerusalem