Overview
The gateway linking the sanctuary’s western side with the covered Cotton Merchants’ Market. [3]
Bab al-Qattanin connects the western courtyard with the Cotton Merchants’ Market. Its monumental entrance is identified by red, white and dark stone and the muqarnas above the doorway. [3]
Awqaf records renewal by Emir Tankiz under Sultan Muhammad ibn Qalawun in 737 AH and repairs after the 1927 earthquake. The rebuilding belongs to the Mamluk development of the market and the sanctuary’s western edge. [3]
The gate is between Iron Gate and Ablution Gate. Its market connection explains the name Qattanin, while other recorded names recall a new gateway and the qaysariyya, or market. [3]
