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Bab al-Wazir - the Minister's Gate - was one of the gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo. It was finished in 1341 by a vizier of Sultan An-Nasir Muhammad and demolished in 2013.

It was part of the Ayyubid-wall in the Darb al-Ahmar district of historic Cairo next to Aqsunqur Mosque 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. There are plans to restore the gate.

References

1. Bab Al Wazir Historic Gate of Cairo Bulldozed.
2. The gate of Bab al-Wazir.
3. Cairo: Urban Regeneration in the Darb Al-Ahmar District.

See also

• Bab al-Nasr
• Bab Zuweila
• Bab al-Futuh
• Gates of Cairo

v t e Islamic Cairo
Northern part	Gates Bab al-Barqiyya Bab al-Futuh Bāb al-Naşr Bab al-Wazir Gates of Khan al-Khalili Bab Zuweila Main streets al-Muizz Street (Qasabah Street) Bayn al-Qasrayn Mosques and religious structures Al-Azhar Mosque (see also Al-Azhar University) Al-Hakim Mosque Al-Hussein Mosque Mosque of Almalik al-Jukandar Madrasa of Tatar al-Hijaziya Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Aqmar Mosque Church of the Virgin Mary Complex of Amir Qurqumas Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay Complex of Sultan al-Ghuri Complex of Sultan Qalawun Khanqah of Baybars II Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa-Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab Mosque of Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Others Al-Azhar Park Bayt al-Suhaymi Beshtak Palace Hammam of Sultan Inal Khan el-Khalili Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Wikala and Sabil-Kuttab of Sultan Qaytbay Wikala of al-Ghuri Wikala of Qawsun Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay
Southern part	Main streets Salah al-Din Square Saliba Street Al-Darb al-Ahmar Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street) Mosques and religious structures Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) Juyushi Mosque Lulua Mosque Madrasa of Sarghatmish Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban Madrasa of Uljay al-Yusufi Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa) Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu Mosque of Amir al-Maridani Mosque and Mausoleum of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque of Ibn Tulun Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque of Muhammad Ali Mosque of Qani-Bay Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh) Mosque of Sulayman Pasha Mosque of Taghribirdi Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan Sayeda Aisha Mosque Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Sayyidah Zainab Mosque Sultaniyya Mausoleum Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli Museums Al-Gawhara Palace Amir Taz Palace Carriage Museum Egyptian National Military Museum Gayer-Anderson Museum Others Amir Alin Aq Palace Bayt al-Razzaz Palace Bayt al-Sinnari Cairo Citadel Cairo Citadel Aqueduct Hosh al-Basha Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad Palace of Yashbak Qasaba of Radwan Bey (Tentmakers' Street) Sabil-Kuttab of Qaytbay

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• Buildings and structures in Cairo
• Gates of Cairo
• Medieval Cairo
• Buildings and structures completed in 1341