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The main building consists mostly of an interior prayer hall as well as a smaller courtyard to the north which is enclosed by extensions of the prayer hall. The prayer hall is built in a hypostyle format and is divided into nine "naves" by rows of horseshoe arches running perpendicular to the southeastern qibla wall. The arches, in turn, form ...
The Ben Youssef Mosque (also known by its English spelling as the "Ibn Yusuf Mosque"; Arabic: مسجد ابن يوسف), is a mosque in the Medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco, named after the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf. It is arguably the oldest and most important mosque in Marrakesh.
The mihrab, a niche symbolizing the qibla (direction of prayer), is set in the middle of the qibla wall (the southern wall) of the prayer hall and is a central focus of its layout. The prayer hall has a "T"-plan, in that the central nave aligned with the mihrab and another transverse (i.e. perpendicular) aisle running along the qibla wall are ...
Apparently, in the early days of Fustat, the Muslims struck the nāqūs as an early-morning call to prayer. [3] The sound of the nāqūs as a call to prayer was heard along with the crowing of the cocks. [4] The name naqus was used among Christians too, who used the nāqūs since pre-Islamic times.
The building was commissioned by King Hassan II to be the most ambitious structure ever built in Morocco. [9] It was designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau who had lived in Morocco, and was constructed by the civil engineering group Bouygues. [9] Work commenced on July 12, 1986, [13] and was conducted over a seven-year period ...
Like many grand mosques in other Moroccan cities (e.g. Ben Youssef Mosque in Marrakech or al-Qayrawiyyin in Fes or Grand Mosque of Salé in Salé), the mosque is located at the center of the old city and anchors its most important commercial and religious district, which contains the city's main souq streets (also referred to as the qaysariyya or kissaria [3]) and its major historic madrasas ...
'mosque of the cobblers'), is the largest Friday mosque within the historic Andalusian medina of Rabat (i.e. the district north of the Andalusian walls, along Avenue Hassan II today) in Morocco. The mosque is located at the intersection of the streets of Souk Sebbat and Rue Bab Chellah ("Street of the Chellah Gate"). [1]
This is a list of mosques in Morocco. According to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in 2016, there are around 41,755 mosques in Morocco, of which 16,489 are Jama Masjids , and 10,061 are specifically designated as culturally significant.