El Mehrass Mosque

El Mehrass Mosque
جامع المهراس
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
El Mehrass Mosque is located in Tunisia
El Mehrass Mosque
Tunisia
Geographic coordinates36°47′58″N 10°10′30″E / 36.799351944444°N 10.1749875°E / 36.799351944444; 10.1749875
Architecture
TypeMosque

El Mehrass Mosque ' (Arabic: جامع المهراس) is a small mosque in the east of the medina of Tunis.

Localization

It is located in 1 Jemaa Al-Zaytuna Street, originally named the Church Street.[1]

History

According to the historian Mohamed Belkodja, the mosque was built during the Khurasanid era, a local dystany that ruled Tunis between 1059 and 1158. It was restored after the independence of the country. At the entrance of the mosque, there are some Kufi quotes inscribed on the stones that allowed the historians to get an idea about the period of construction.[2] Abû El-Abas Ahmad El-Karoui (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد القروي) was one of the imams who studied in Al-Zaytuna university and died in 1855.

  • Marbel panel with the name of the mosque
    Marbel panel with the name of the mosque
  • Symbols at the entrance of the mosque
    Symbols at the entrance of the mosque
  • Decoration of the entrance
    Decoration of the entrance
  • Quotes with the Kufi style
    Quotes with the Kufi style

References

  1. ^ "ثقافة وترفيه". Commune-tunis.gov.tn. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ^ Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Leyde, Brill, 1987 (ISBN 9789004082656, lire en ligne [archive]), p. 967
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