Bab al-Sheikh

Bab al-Sheikh
باب الشيخ
Neighborhood
Various angles of the Qadiriyya Shrine and Bab al-Sheikh
Located inBaghdad, Iraq
Known forMausoleum of Abdul-Qadir Gilani
Founded byAl-Mustazhir
Named afterAbd al-Qadir al-Gilani
Time zoneUTC+3 (Arabian Standard Time)

Bab al-Sheikh (Arabic: باب الشيخ, romanized: The Gate of the Sheikh) is an old neighborhood in the Rusafa side of Baghdad, Iraq. It is notable for being the location of the mausoleum of Sufi Sheikh Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyya Order. The area is located in Bab al-Sharqi and next to al-Khilani Square.

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