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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 ...
Originally the mosque of the 13th-century Marinid kasbah in Meknes, it was completely rebuilt by Moulay Isma'il as part of his new imperial capital in the late 17th century. Lalla ez-Zhar Mosque: Fez: 1357 Lalla Ghriba Mosque: Fez: 1408 Lalla Khadija Mosque Kenitra: N/A: Loubnan Mosque Agadir: 1969 Mohammed V Mosque: Tangier: 1983 Mohammed V ...
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.
Exterior of the Youssef Dey Mosque complex in Tunis (c. 1614–1639), with mausoleum and minaret visible In Tunis, the Mosque complex of Yusuf Dey , built or begun around 1614–15 by Yusuf Dey (r. 1610–1637), is one of the earliest and most important examples that imported Ottoman elements into local architecture.
Located in the medina with a green tiled roof and a minaret, Ben Youssef Mosque (also Bin Yusuf Mosque) is the oldest mosque in the city. [72] It was originally built in the 12th century by the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, whom it is named after. [73] It served as the city's main Friday mosque.
(Reuters) - Morocco's deadly earthquake badly damaged one of the most important historical sites in the High Atlas mountains, an earth-and-stone mosque built by a medieval dynasty that conquered ...
[44] [27] Some minarets in the Maghreb have octagonal shafts, though this is more characteristic of certain regions or periods; e.g. the minarets of the Great Mosque of Chefchaouen, the Great Mosque of Ouazzane, the Kasbah Mosque of Tangier, and the Great Mosque of Asilah in Morocco or the Ottoman-era minarets of Tunisia such as the Youssef Dey ...
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 ...