The only surviving gate of eastern Baghdad’s Abbasid walls, from the reign of Caliph al-Nasir in the early 13th century.
Its massive brick tower is ringed by traces of the old moat, close to the shrine of Sheikh Omar al-Suhrawardi.
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Bab al-Wastani
الباب الوسطاني
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