Bab Ksiba ( ar, باب القصيبة, ') is a gate in

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

, Morocco. Bab Ksiba and another more famous gate further north, Bab Agnaou, served as entrances to the royal Kasbah (citadel) in the southern part of the medina of

, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Historical background

The name Ksiba, (pronounced ''Lak- siba''), in

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refers to the Kasbah district of the Medina, where this gateway is located. Kasbah means "fortress''"'' and ''ksiba'' (or ''qusayba'') means literally "Little-Fort". The Kasbah of Marrakesh, built by the Almohad sultan Yaqub al-Mansour, is the site of the El Mansouria Mosque, the

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and the Saadian Tombs. Bab Ksiba was the entrance to another small kasbah (''ksiba'' or ''qusayba'') which was adjoined to the southwestern corner of the main kasbah in order to protect the western side of the Grand Mechouar (a vast open square, still present today, at the entrance of the royal palace) and the Derb Chtouka neighbourhood. The date of its construction is unclear; it existed at the beginning of the 19th century and may have been built under Muhammad ibn Abdallah in the 18th century, but was almost certainly not part of the original Almohad kasbah.

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References

*Deverdun, Gaston (1959). ''Marrakech: Des origines à 1912''. Rabat: Éditions Techniques Nord-Africaines. *

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Image of Bab Ksiba by Maverickhawkesley
{{Marrakesh Buildings and structures completed in the 12th century Berber architecture Gates of Marrakesh

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