Bab Huta

Bab Ḥuṭa is a neighborhood in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem to the north of the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount). It is named after the gate in the Haram compound which is Arabic for "Forgiveness Gate".
History.
In the late 15th century, Mujir ad-Din described it as one of the largest quarters in Jerusalem. A census taken by the Ottoman authority registered only Muslims in the quarter. At the beginning of the 20th century, the quarter had boundaries defined as follows:
Around the end of the 19th century, Jews were a majority of Jerusalem's population, and began to spread out of the Jewish Quarter into the Muslim Quarter, including Bab al-Huta.
Demographics.
The neighborhood is considered one of the poorest areas in the Old City. It is home to the Dom Romani community of the Old City, known in Arabic as "al-Nawar", led by "mukhtar" Abed-Alhakim Mohammed Deeb Salim.