Sidi El Haloui Mosque
mosque in Tlemcen, Algeria
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Overview
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The Sidi El Haloui Mosque is a Sunni mosque and religious complex in the historic town centre of Tlemcen, Algeria, on Boulevard Gaouar Houcine. It is regarded as an architectural witness of the Marinid period and is listed among Algeria's protected national monuments. It is known in French as Mosquée Sidi El Haloui and is also spelled Sidi el-Halwi.
History
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The mosque is recorded as having been built in 754 AH (1353 CE), during the Marinid era.
It takes its name from Abu Abdallah al-Shudhi al-Ishbili, a scholar of Seville who held judicial office in Al-Andalus. The people of Tlemcen call him "Sidi El Haloui".
From Wikipedia
The Sidi El Haloui Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي الحلوي; French: Mosquée Sidi El Haloui), also spelled as the Sidi el-Halwi Mosque, is a Sunni mosque and religious complex in Tlemcen, Algeria.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_El_Haloui_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Sidi_el-Haloui
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sidi_El_Haloui
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF