El Jedid Mosque

El Jedid Mosque is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, located in Medina area of the city.

Minaret of the El Jedid Mosque

The mosque was built in 1726 under the order of the sovereign Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki, founder of the Husaynid dynasty. It is part of an architectural complex which consists of the mosque, a madrasa and mausoleum in which Sidi Kacem did Sebabti was buried. Over the years it had many notable preachers including Sheikh Ahmed Bin Ali Mustafa year-Nemichi al Hanafi and Sheikh Mohamed Ben Ahmed Ben Hamda Sharif. The ceramic coating on the walls of the building was imported from Isnik, Turkey.[1]

  • Minbar of the mosque
  • Decoration of the minbar
  • Portico of the medresa near the mosque

References
  1. "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French). Government of Tunis. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

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