Editing Fortifications of Cairo (section)

=== Bab Zuwayla (southern gate) ===
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[[File:Bab Zuwayla Cairo 12 0864.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bab Zuwayla]], the southern gate of the Fatimid walls, dated to 1092]]
The third surviving gate, Bab Zuwayla, sits in the southern section of the wall.<ref name=":022" /> Badr al-Gamali rebuilt Bab Zuwayla further south than Gawhar al-Siqilli's original gate.<ref name=":322" /> The construction of the current gate is dated to 1092.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Hampikian |first=Nairy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QofAgAAQBAJ&q=making+cairo+medieval |title=Making Cairo Medieval |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7391-5743-5 |editor-last=AlSayyad |editor-first=Nezar |pages=204 |language=en |chapter=Medievalization of the Old City as an Ingredient of Cairo's Modernization: Case Study of Bab Zuwayla |editor-last2=Bierman |editor-first2=Irene A. |editor-last3=Rabbat |editor-first3=Nasser}}</ref> Similar to Bab al-Nasr and Bab al-Futuh, Bab Zuwayla was also adjacent to gardens, namely the gardens of Qanṭara al-Kharq.<ref name=":23" /> The [[Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh]] was built next to the gate between 1415 and 1420, at which time a pair of minarets were constructed on top of the two bastions that flank the gateway.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|pages=190–192}}