Bab al-Maqam

Bab al-Maqam (Arabic: بَاب الْمَقَام, romanized: Bāb al-Maqām), meaning the Gate of Maqam is one of the Gates of Aleppo.^[1]

Bab al-Maqam
بَاب الْمَقَام
Bab al-Maqam in 2010
Alternative names	Gate of Maqam
General information
Status	restored
Type	City gate
Architectural style	Islamic architecture
Town or city	Aleppo
Country	Syria
Completed	1230
Owner	Al-Aziz Muhammad
Known for	One of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo

The 13th century structure was built by al-Aziz Muhammad on the road that connected the Maqamat with the Citadel.^[1]

View of the gate from street

Deviations in its design from the majority of medieval Syrian gates suggest that its function was ceremonial rather than military.^[1]

In Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo (1997), Yasser Tabbaa details some of these differences, noting that they reinforce the possibility that the gate had primarily a religious and political function, serving as homage to Abraham and contrasting with the eastern shrines of Mashhad al-Dikka and Mashhad al-Husayn.^[2]

References

1. "Bab al-Maqam". Archnet. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
2. Tabbaa, Yasser, 1997, Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo, The Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 21.

36°11′31.5″N 37°9′37″E