Bab al-Maqam

{{short description|Gate of Aleppo, Syria}}

{{Infobox building

| name = Bab al-Maqam

| native_name = بَاب الْمَقَام

| native_name_lang = ar

| image = File:Aleppo Bab al-Maqam (Shrine Gate) 0232.jpg

| image_size = 300 px

| image_caption = Bab al-Maqam in 2010

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| alternate_names = Gate of Maqam

| status = restored

| building_type = City gate

| architectural_style = Islamic architecture

| location =

| location_city = Aleppo

| location_country = {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria

| completion_date = 1230

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| owner = Al-Aziz Muhammad

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| known_for = One of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo

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Bab al-Maqam ({{langx|ar|بَاب الْمَقَام|Bāb al-Maqām}}), meaning the Gate of Maqam is one of the Gates of Aleppo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/2872|title=Bab al-Maqam|website=Archnet|access-date=5 December 2021}}

The 13th century structure was built by al-Aziz Muhammad on the road that connected the Maqamat with the Citadel.

File:Aleppo Bab al-Maqam (Shrine Gate) 9768.jpg

Deviations in its design from the majority of medieval Syrian gates suggest that its function was ceremonial rather than military.

In Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo (1997), Yasser Tabbaa details some of these differences, noting that they reinforce the possibility that the gate had primarily a religious and political function, serving as homage to Abraham and contrasting with the eastern shrines of Mashhad al-Dikka and Mashhad al-Husayn.Tabbaa, Yasser, 1997, Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo, The Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 21.