Cotton Merchants' Gate

It is by the western esplanade of the compound and leads to the Cotton Merchants' Market, a sūq, it is also called the Gate of the Cotton Merchants' Market (وباب سوق القطانين Bāb Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn).

[1][2] Its intricate eastern façade makes it one of the most recognizable and "the grandest of the Haram gates".

[4] The 14th-century historian al-ʿUmarī explained that the gate was constructed in order to link the compound with the sūq's market street, [5] which was also built by Tankiz around that time: in 1336-37.

[3] The semi-dome has a gently pointed arch, and its voussoir has ablaq (alternating) masonry of red and beige bricks.

[6] Between the semi-dome and the door is a trefoil-shaped arch,[6] with ablaq patterns in black and beige bricks.