El Jedid Mosque
El Jedid Mosque | |
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الجامع الجديد | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
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Geographic coordinates | 36°47′41″N 10°10′26″E / 36.7948°N 10.1738°ECoordinates: 36°47′41″N 10°10′26″E / 36.7948°N 10.1738°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Completed | 1726 |
El Jedid Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الجديد) is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, located in Medina area of the city.
The mosque was built in 1726 under the order of the sovereign Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki, founder of the Husaynid dynasty. It is part of an architectural complex which consists of the mosque, a madrasa and mausoleum in which was buried. Over the years it had many notable preachers including Sheikh Ahmed Bin Ali Mustafa year-Nemichi al Hanafi and Sheikh Mohamed Ben Ahmed Ben Hamda Sharif. The ceramic coating on the walls of the building was imported from Isnik, Turkey.[1]
Minbar of the mosque
Decoration of the minbar
Portico of the medresa near the mosque
References[]
- ^ "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French). Government of Tunis. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
Categories:
- Mosques in the medina of Tunis
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1726
- 18th-century mosques
- 1726 establishments in Tunisia
- African mosque stubs
- Tunisian building and structure stubs