Bab El Allouj () is one of the gates of the

medina of Tunis The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from ...

. Built under the

Hafsid The Hafsid dynasty ( ) was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. that ruled Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia, w ...

sultan Abū lshâq Ibrâhîm al-Mustansir (1349–1369), it was originally named Bab er-Rehiba or "the small

esplanade An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cle ...

gate", after a long avenue between two of the medina's walls. In 1435, it took the name of Bab El Allouj, when Sultan Abu Amr Uthman brought his mother's family from Italy (his mother was a former Italian captive) and installed her in the esplanade quarter. The gate which became Rahbat El Allouj, (in the singular ), describing white foreigners and often Christian slaves.

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* Allouj {{Tunisia-struct-stub