We returned to Bab Mansour, Meknes' grandest gate. It is much older than Bab Boujloud in Fes: it was completed by Moulay Ismail’s son, Moulay Abdallah, in 1732. Moulay Ismail is kind of the big deal sultan here. He reigned from 1672 to 1727 and made Meknes his capital.