Ganja gate is a masterpiece of craftsmanship of the 10th to 11th centuries. The gate consisted of cast iron decorated with stamped ornaments and patterns from the outside made by a smith named Ibragim ibn Osman in 1063 during the Seddadid dynasty. In 1063 Shawur, a ruler of Shaddadid dynasty, decided to build a castle surrounding Ganja. Six large gates were erected in different directions of the town. Upon Shawur's order Azerbaijani master Ibrahim ibn Osman built this gate in 1063. The ornament contained the name of the master in Kufi language and the date the gate completion. The inscriptions in Kufi Arabic on the surviving leaf of the gate read: "With the name of Allah, the merciful and benevolent. The Excellency Sayyid Shawur ibn Al-Fazl - May Allah keep his supremacy longer! - ordered