Sidi Mansour Mosque
| Sidi Mansour Mosque | |
|---|---|
جامع سيدي منصور | |
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| Location | |
  Shown within Tunisia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°47′24″N 10°10′36″E / 36.790086°N 10.176666°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
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
[edit]The mosque can be found in Sidi Mansour Street, near Bab El Fellah, one of the gates of the medina.
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]According to Hayet El Mejri, the kouttab of the mosque existed in 1875.[2]
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Marble panel with the name of the mosque -
Entrance of the mosque -
Minaret of the mosque -
Sidi Mansour mosque in 1920
References
[edit]- ^ "Alchourouk.com".
- ^ 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
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