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The small gate (the derwaza)
(بوابة الباب الصغير الدِّرْوَازَةُ)

Title	The small gate (the derwaza)
Title Original	بوابة الباب الصغير الدِّرْوَازَةُ
Publication Date:	13th century AH/19AD
Publication Place	- National Museum of Oman
Subject	Teak wood and iron
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 322سم الطول: 120 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2013-2235
Record ID	object;EPM;on;Mus21;42;ar
Library Location	National Museum of Oman
Date	13th century AH/19AD
Notes	It is not known precisely when the construction of “Al-Bab Al-Saghir” began within the walls of the city of Muscat. However, the door appears in De Resende’s drawing of the city of Muscat, in Antonio Bocarua’s manuscript, entitled (The Book of the State of East India), dated in the year (41-1042 AH / 1632 AD). In the past, the door represented an entrance to the city from the south; It leads directly to Muscat Souq; This is across a bridge above the moat surrounding the old city. It is believed that (the Small Gate) was the main entrance to the city before the expansion works of Bab Al-Tawyan in the century (14 AH / 20 AD), which was later called the Great Gate, which is attested by the plan of (Muscat Port) by the French officer, engineer, and geographer (Louis Françoise Gregory de Lafite de Braisser), prepared in the year (91-1192 AH / 1778 AD).
Sample Text	“The Small Gate (The Gate)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;on;Mus21;42;ar

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The small gate (the derwaza)

(بوابة الباب الصغير الدِّرْوَازَةُ)

Publication Date 13th century AH/19AD

Publication Place - National Museum of Oman

Subject Teak wood and iron

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 322سم الطول: 120 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2013-2235

Record ID object;EPM;on;Mus21;42;ar

Library Location National Museum of Oman

Date 13th century AH/19AD

Notes It is not known precisely when the construction of “Al-Bab Al-Saghir” began within the walls of the city of Muscat. However, the door appears in De Resende’s drawing of the city of Muscat, in Antonio Bocarua’s manuscript, entitled (The Book of the State of East India), dated in the year (41-1042 AH / 1632 AD). In the past, the door represented an entrance to the city from the south; It leads directly to Muscat Souq; This is across a bridge above the moat surrounding the old city. It is believed that (the Small Gate) was the main entrance to the city before the expansion works of Bab Al-Tawyan in the century (14 AH / 20 AD), which was later called the Great Gate, which is attested by the plan of (Muscat Port) by the French officer, engineer, and geographer (Louis Françoise Gregory de Lafite de Braisser), prepared in the year (91-1192 AH / 1778 AD).

Sample Text “The Small Gate (The Gate)” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;on;Mus21;42;ar