Bab Bnet
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2017) |
| Bab Bnet | |
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Arabic: باب البنات | |
 Bab Bnet in 1914 | |
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| Etymology | "Gate of the young girls", for the adoptive daughters of Abu Zakariya[1] |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Tunis |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Coordinates | 36°48′14″N 10°09′58″E / 36.803863°N 10.166103°E |
Bab Bnet, or Bab El Benet[1] (Arabic: باب البنات) was one of the gates of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The founder of the Hafsid dynasty, Abu Zakariya, had a palace near this gate in the 13th century. He captured three of his rival's daughters and raised them as his daughters in the palace near this gate. As a result, the gate was named for the girls, as Bnet translates to the "young girls".[1]
The gate has since been destroyed, but a boulevard near the gate's location retains the Bab Bnet name.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Vieux Tunis: Les Portes". Municipalité de Tunis (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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