Attested
under the almoravides since 1147, this door owes its name with the
old capital of Haouz before the foundation of Marrakech.
It seems that it bore another name: “Bàb Yintàn”.
E.Lévi Provençal following the author of Sà-àdat
supposes that Bàb Yintàn, corresponds to Bàb
Aylàn because of the similarity of the C-W communication
of the two names. If one took into account that Bàb Aghmàt
was called Bab-Alfath (carries victory) under Almohade Abù
Dabbus, one understood better the indecision of the manuscripts
of Hulal: “Yintàn” was a name of man and many
characters carried it under Almoravides. Was it that of the manufacturer
of this door? According to a mason, Yintawun would have formed,
at a certain moment of the history, an agglomeration or a fraction
of tribe of masons in “Souss”.
It is into 1147 that Almohades penetrated in the city; according to Ibn Al-Atir, the Christian mercenaries opened the door of Aghmat to Abdal-Mùmin to have their life safe. The plan of this door appears too complicated for the Almoravide time. The materials employed are especially the concrete of lime and the brick.
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