Draft:Al-Aidarous gate

Al-Aidarous Gate, which is known by the Hadramis as Sidat Al-Aidrous, is considered one of the most prominent historical sites in the city of As-Shihr.

It was built between 1868 and 1888. It constituted a unique example for the Islamic gates in Hadramout. It was named after Imam Sheikh al-Aidarous to commemorate him and the nearby al-Aidarous Mosque.

The gate consists of three stories:

The first story includes the entry, which is about two and a half meters wide and four and a half meters high. Its entrance is closed by a thick wooden door of two equal sides.

The second story contains a wide room on the top of the gate at the middle of the building. In the two suites surrounding it, there are four rooms and two bathrooms. Every suite consists of two bedrooms and a bathroom.

The third story contains two surveillance rooms, in addition to a wall revolving around the roof at a height of one and a half meters. Today, the gate building is used as a media department and an office for the Antiquities, Museums and Manuscripts Authority.