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Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower ( ar, برج ساعة باب الفرج) is one of the main landmarks of
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, Syria. It was built in 1898-1899 by the French architect of Aleppo city ''Charles Chartier'' with the help of the Syrian engineer ''Bakr Sidqi'', under the Ottoman ruler of Aleppo;
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Raif Pasha. It is located near the historical gate of Bab al-Faraj, adjacent to the building of the National library.eAlepp
Bab Al-Faraj tower (in Arabic)
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Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...
in order to mark the modern era of timeliness. The tower was inaugurated in 1900 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Sultan's accession to the throne. The construction of the tower cost a sum of 1,500 Ottoman lira. Half of the cost was collected through donations while the other half was paid by the municipality. The design of the tower resembles the old Islamic minarets with four similar façades, topped with traditional oriental
muqarnas Muqarnas ( ar, مقرنص; fa, مقرنس), also known in Iranian architecture as Ahoopāy ( fa, آهوپای) and in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture. It is the archetypal form of ...
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Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...
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Bab al-Faraj (Aleppo) Bab al-Faraj ( ar, بَاب الْفَرَج, Bāb al-Faraj or Bāb al-Faraǧ), meaning the ''Gate of Deliverance'' or ''Bab al-Faradis'' was one of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo, Syria. It was located at the northern side o ...
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National Library of Aleppo The National Library of Aleppo ( ar, دار الكتب الوطنية) is a Syrian national library in the northern city of Aleppo. It was opened in 1924, at the Islamic awqaf department in Khan al-Jumrok at the time of the French Mandate. Hist ...


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