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Interior view of the hypostyle prayer hall in the Mosque of Uqba (Great Mosque of Kairouan) The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the largest Islamic monuments in North Africa.
Prayer hall of the Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, rebuilt by the Aghlabids (completed circa 864) and renovated in later centuries [19] The congregational mosque of the Aghlabid administrative capital, al-Abbasiya, is described by al-Baladhuri (d. 892) as measuring 200 by 200 cubits and constructed of brick and marble columns, with a cedarwood roof.
Hypostyle prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia. With a combination of columns and arches, the hypostyle hall became one of the two main types of mosque construction. In many mosques, especially the early congregational mosques, the prayer hall has the hypostyle form. [3]
Original – The Prayer Hall at the Great Mosque of Kairouan Reason A visually captivating picture that captures the interior assuetudes of period architecture. Articles in which this image appears Mosque, Prayer, Architectural style, Hypostyle, Mosque of Uqba FP category for this image Places Creator Passionné d'architecture
View of the Zawiya's outer courtyard, with the entrance to the mausoleum (center right), the minaret (center), and the entrance to the madrasa (left). The Zawiya of Sidi Sahib, [1] [2] also known as the Zawiya of Abu al-Balawi or Mosque of the Barber, [3] is a zawiya (religious shrine and complex) in Kairouan, Tunisia.
English: View of the Maqsura — in the Prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia. Date: 27 December 2012, 17:13:10: Source: Flickr: Grande Mosquée de ...
Haram or prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba) which is located in the historic city of Kairouan in Tunisia, North Africa. As used in Islamic urban planning, the word ḥaram means "inviolate zone", an important aspect of urban planning in Muslim civilization. Such protected areas were sanctuaries, or ...
The Mosque of the Three Doors (Arabic: مسجد الأبواب الثلاثة; French: Mosquée des Trois Portes) or Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun (Arabic: مسجد ابن خيرون) is a mosque In the city of Kairouan, Tunisia. Commissioned in 866, during the Aghlabid dynasty period, by Muhammad ibn Khairun, a private local patron. The ...