Zewailah door

Oe of the souther stoe gates of the secod wall of the city of Fatimid Cairo, was established by the Miister Badr al-Jamali durig the reig of the Caliph al-Mustasir Balah al-Fatimi i 485 AH / 1092 AD, ad the ame of Bab Zuwailah is attributed to the tribe of Zuwaila barbarism, which came with the commader of the Fatimid armies ” Ad lived ear the gate, also kow as the door of Zuwaila aother ame is “Gate Metwally”, ad a variety of opiios that try to explai the reaso for that label, icludig due to the belief of the residets of the regio that the spirit of the Metwally oe of the righteous parets of God was livig i the gate, but the opiio closest to the right That Metwally I the Fatimid era he was sittig. Bab Zuwaila derived its historical sigificace from a famous icidet that was covered by historical sources: the hagig of the last Mamluk Sultas, the Sulta Toma Bay, by the Ottoma Sulta Selim I i the early 10th / 16th cetury AD. The gate cosists of two revolvig towers i the upper third of each of which is a defesive room for the soldiers. A woode gate weighig 4 tos is covered with broze. The towers of Bab Zuwaila are distiguished by the two majestic towers. At the time of the costructio of the mosque of the Muayyid Shaykh, oe of the sultas of the Mamluk state of the Circassias i the 9th / 15th cetury AD, The gate was decorated with the reliefs of the relief sculpture ad the stoe o the stoe, where the rectagular etrace is located at the frot of the gate, as well as the split ad shaped sectios.