Bab Zuweila

Bab Zuweila or Bab Zuwayla (Arabic: باب زويلة) is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the Old City of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It was also known as Bawabbat al-Mitwali during the Ottoman period. It is considered one of the major landmarks of the city and is the last remaining southern gate from the walls of Fatimid-era Cairo in the 11th and 12th century.^[1]

Its name comes from Bab, meaning "gate", and Zuwayla, as it was the Western Gate of the city that had a trade route for overland travelers with Zuwayla in the Fezzan.^[2] In Coptic tradition the name was associated with Biblical Zebulun (Coptic: ⲍⲉⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ).^[3]

^ Eyewitness Travel: Egypt. Dorlin Kindersley Limited, London. 2007 [2001]. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7566-2875-8.
^ Vikør, K. S. (2002). "Zawīla". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 466. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.
^ Amélineau, Émile (1850-1915) Auteur du texte (1893). La géographie de l'Égypte à l'époque copte / par E. Amélineau,...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[eyewitness-1] Eyewitness Travel: Egypt. Dorlin Kindersley Limited, London. 2007 [2001]. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7566-2875-8.

[EI2-2] Vikør, K. S. (2002). "Zawīla". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 466. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.

[3] Amélineau, Émile (1850-1915) Auteur du texte (1893). La géographie de l'Égypte à l'époque copte / par E. Amélineau,...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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