Bab al-Wazir - ''the Minister's Gate'' - was one of the gates in the walls of the

Old City Old City often refers to old town, the historic or original core of a city or town. Old City may refer to several places: Historical cities or regions of cities ''(by country)'' *Old City (Baku), Azerbaijan * Old City (Dhaka), Bangladesh, also ca ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

. It was finished in 1341 by a

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...

of Sultan

An-Nasir Muhammad Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun ( ar, الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد بن قلاوون), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad ( ar, الناصر محمد), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali () or as Ibn Qal ...

and demolished in 2013. It was part of the Ayyubid-wall in the Darb al-Ahmar district of historic Cairo next to

Aqsunqur Mosque The Aqsunqur Mosque ( ar, مسجد آق, tr, Aksungur Camii; also known as the Blue Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزرق, tr, Mavi Cami) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ( ar, مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان, tr, İbrahim Ağa Cam ...

and gave Bab el-Wazir street its name. Also located in the vicinity is the Bab al-Wazir Cemetery, which contains a number of Mamluk mausoleums and structures, including the restored

Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi The Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi is a late Mamluk funerary complex in Cairo comprising the tomb of amir Tarabay al-Sharifi as well as a sabil and kuttab (primary school), built in 1503–1504. It is located in the Bab al-Wazir Cemetery on the ...

. There are plans to restore the gate.Cairo: Urban Regeneration in the Darb Al-Ahmar District.
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