Sidi Mansour Mosque

Sidi Mansour Mosque
جامع سيدي منصور
Location
Sidi Mansour Mosque is located in Tunisia
Sidi Mansour Mosque
Shown within Tunisia
Geographic coordinates36°47′24″N 10°10′36″E / 36.790086°N 10.176666°E / 36.790086; 10.176666
Architecture
TypeMosque

Sidi Mansour Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي منصور) is a Tunisian mosque in El Hajjamine quarter, attached to the Bab El Jazira suburb in the south of the Medina of Tunis.

Localization

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The mosque can be found in Sidi Mansour Street, near Bab El Fellah, one of the gates of the medina.

Etymology

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The mosque was named after the saint Sidi Mansour Abou Daliah (Arabic: سيدي منصور أبودالية), attached to the Idrisid dynasty that ruled Morocco between 789 and 985.[1] He was born in Fes and died in Gafsa in the 15th century.[2]

History

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According to Hayet El Mejri, the kouttab of the mosque existed in 1875.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Alchourouk.com".
  2. ^ a b Hayet El Mejri, De l'éducation traditionnelle à l'éducation primaire dans la médina de Tunis à l'époque ottomane, Tunis, Laboratoire d'études maghrébines, 2015, 284 p. (ISBN 9-93807-084-1), p. 49-50