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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]
Youssef Dey Mosque; Modern. El Omrane Mosque; Hajjamine Mosque; See also. Architecture portal; Islam portal; Africa portal; List of mosques in Tunisia
In the early hours Friday morning, the 11-meter-high (33-foot-high) minaret was razed to the ground, with the Iraqis are furious over their government's demolition of a minaret that stood for ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 incorporated Ottoman elements into local architecture.