Bab El Allouj

Bab El Allouj
Arabic: باب العلوج
Bab El Allouj in 1900
General information
Town or city	Tunis
Country	Tunisia
Coordinates	36°48′11″N 10°09′55″E / 36.803007°N 10.16524°E / 36.803007; 10.16524

Bab El Allouj (Arabic: باب العلوج) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis. Built under the Hafsid sultan Abū lshâq Ibrâhîm al-Mustansir (1349–1369), it was originally named Bab er-Rehiba or "the small esplanade gate", after a long avenue between two of the medina's walls.^[1]

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, allouj (in the singular alij), describing white foreigners and often Christian slaves.^{[citation needed]}

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