Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia
Cheikh Rasaa Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ الرصاع) is a Tunisian mosque in the north of the Medina of Tunis.
It does not exist anymore.[clarification needed][1]
Localization
The mosque was near Souk En Nhas in the Hafsia district.
Etymology
It was named after the saint Cheikh Rasaa, one of the Imams of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, who died in 1489.[citation needed]
History
The mosque was built during the Hafsid era. It has a hall and the tomb of its founder.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p