Al Raseef Mosque
Mosque in Fez, Morocco
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Overview
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Al Raseef Mosque is a large congregational mosque in Fes el-Bali, the old medina of Fez, standing at the entrance of the Rsif quarter. It lies on the Qarawiyyin bank of the city, near the Rsif bridge, and overlooks Place R'cif. The mosque forms part of the World Heritage Site of the medina.
Its tall minaret is counted among the highest in Fez, and one source describes it as the tallest in the city. The minaret has an elegant form and adorns the entrance to the quarter. A sundial also stands in the mosque's courtyard.
History
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The mosque was built by Moulay Sulayman ibn Muhammad of the Alaouite dynasty, who died in 1238 AH. The available sources do not give the dates when construction began or ended.
From Wikipedia
The R'cif Mosque (Arabic: جامع الرصيف; also transliterated as R'sif, Ercif, er-Rsif, or Rasif) is a congregational mosque in Fes el-Bali, the old city (medina) of Fez, Morocco. It has one of the tallest minarets in the city and overlooks Place R'cif in the heart of the medina.
Source: Wikipedia, article “R'cif Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%27cif_Mosque
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B5%DB%8C%D9%81