Tlakin Mosque
mosque in Tunisia
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Overview
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Tlakin Mosque stands in the Ghizen area of Djerba island, in Medenine Governorate, Tunisia. It ranks among the island's old religious sanctuaries and is linked to the local Ibadi tradition. It is a listed monument of Tunisia.
The mosque is enclosed by a surrounding wall and has three entrances, two on the west side and one on the north. Its grounds include four cisterns, a fountain, a portico opening to the north and an ablution area. There are also a storeroom, a retreat cell (khalwa), a Quranic school (kuttab) on the west side and a minaret.
History
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According to the available sources, the mosque began as a small place of prayer on Djerba. It was square, with sides of three and a half metres. Its construction is attributed to Sheikh Lakin in the middle of the 3rd century AH.
As the local population grew, the building became too small for the worshippers. In 601 AH, scholars of the Bani Abi Zayd al-Masfuri family enlarged it by about two-thirds.
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Tlakin
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86