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View of the prayer hall, showing the horseshoe arches and the transverse polylobed arches (photo circa 1889). The large (partly damaged) chandelier, popularly attributed to Yaghmorasan, is also visible on the right. The floor plan of the mosque is approximately 50 by 60 meters (160 by 200 feet) deep.
Floor plan of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (c. 836, with some minor additions later) One of the most important Aghlabid monuments is the Great Mosque of Kairouan, which was completely rebuilt in 836 by the emir Ziyadat Allah I, although various additions and repairs were effected later which complicate the chronology of its construction.
In Islamic architecture, the hypostyle hall is the main feature of the hypostyle mosque. One of the earliest hypostyle mosques is the Tarikhaneh Mosque in Iran, dating back to the eighth century. [69] Some scholars refer to the early hypostyle mosque with courtyard as the "Arab plan" or "Arab-type" mosque.
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.
The mosque's floor plan is a slightly irregular quadrilateral due to the fact that its northern wall corresponds to the former southern wall of the first mosque and its different orientation. The current mosque is roughly 90 metres (300 ft) wide, 57 metres (187 ft) long on its west side, and 66 metres (217 ft) long on its east side. [56]
The mosque has a rectangular floor plan measuring about 57 metres wide and 50 metres long [6] (or 59 by 51 metres according to another source [9]), divided between a courtyard and a prayer hall. While the floor plan is not very different from that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, the structure of the building is very different.
Elevation and plan of the mosque published by Cornelius Gurlitt in 1912. The interior of the mosque is almost a square, measuring 58.5 by 57.5 metres (192 by 189 feet), forming a single vast space dominated by its central dome. [30] The dome is 53 metres (174 feet) high and has a diameter of 26.5 metres (86.9 feet) which is exactly half the height.
The mosque occupies a visually prominent position on Avenue Mohammed V, one of the main boulevards of downtown Rabat. [1] Just west and south of it is the Royal Palace.The building has a nearly square floor plan measuring roughly 74 meters per side with a surface area of 5565 metres, making it the fourth largest historic mosque in Morocco.