Al-Zaytunah Mosque
Also known as: Al-Zaytunah Mosque
mosque in Tunisia
Key facts
- Built
- 698
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Overview
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The Al-Zaytunah Mosque is the main congregational mosque in the historic Medina of Tunis. It is also known as the Great Mosque, and its name is linked to the olive tree. It belongs to the Sunni tradition and the Maliki school, and is described as the largest and oldest mosque in the city. It is regarded as the second oldest mosque in Tunisia, after the Mosque of Uqba ibn Nafi in Kairouan.
The mosque covers about 5,000 square metres and has nine doors. Its prayer hall contains 184 columns, brought mainly from the archaeological site of Carthage. Because it faces the sea, its minaret served for a long time as a defensive vantage point. The mosque is administered by a body known as the Mashyakhat of the Great Mosque, and it is a listed monument of Tunisia.
History
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According to the sources, the mosque was founded in 698 (79 AH) on the order of Hassan ibn al-Nu'man. It was completed in 732 by Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
From Wikipedia
Al-Zaytuna Mosque (Arabic: جامع الزيتونة, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Zaytūnah, lit. 'Mosque of the olive') is a major mosque at the center of the historic medina of Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the oldest in the city. It was founded at the end of the 7th century or in the early 8th century, but its current architectural form dates from a reconstruction in the 9th century, including many antique columns reused from Carthage, and from later additions and restorations over the centuries.
The mosque developed into a place of higher education, today the University of Ez-Zitouna, which became the most important educational institution in Tunisia from around the 13th century onward. Ibn 'Arafa, a major Maliki scholar, al-Maziri, the great traditionalist and jurist, and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, a famous Tunisian poet, all taught there, among others.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A9
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ez-Zitouna-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Zaytuna_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_Zitouna
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Zitouna
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Al-Zaytuna
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B0%D0%B7-%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeytune_Camii
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