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The mosque also includes the mausoleum of Youssef Dey, inaugurating in Tunis the funeral mosque in which the tomb of the founder associates with the place of worship. Square plan, the mausoleum is covered with a pyramidal roof covered with green tiles. It has on each face a large central blind arcade, flanked by two levels of recesses in flat ...
The El Jedid Mosque, built by the founder of the Hussein dynasty Hussein the Ist Bey between 1723 and 1727, has, like the Youssef Dey and Hammouda-Pacha mosques, an Ottoman-inspired octagonal minaret. The Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque, built between 1808 and 1814, is the last mosque constructed in Tunis by the Husseinites before the French occupation. [15]
Elements of the minaret and the mosque appear to be inspired by the architectural styles and construction methods of Aragon and Castile, where the moriscos originated. [12]: 221–222 The minaret of the al-Qsar Mosque in Tunis, added in 1647 by Muhammad Laz Dey (r. 1647–1653) to the much older mosque, also combines a diversity of styles.
View of the entrance and minaret of the mosque of Yusuf Dey in 1899 Son of Mustapha El Turki, an Ottoman Turkish soldier stationed at Tripoli, he took up a post in the militia of Tunis. He was recognised by Uthman Dey , who appointed him to several posts and even favoured him over his own sons.
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The Siraji Mosque with its minaret was built in 1727. The mosque itself was not included in the demolition. Basra’s governor, Asaad al-Eidani, said in public statements that the local government ...
The minaret was rebuilt in 1647/48, [4] and decorated with marble and terra cotta glazed in a Moorish style, and its eastern facade is decorated with big bows and horseshoes in the Fatimid style. Access to the mosque is through a door under a covered walkway that opens into a courtyard elevated above the prayer hall.
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned ...