The name means 'The Red Passage', popularly tied to the massacre of Mamluk beys, whose blood is said to have stained the road here.
The district is one of the densest concentrations of medieval monuments in the world. Its name became attached to the winding artery running from Bab Zuweila toward the Citadel.
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