Sidi Mansour Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي منصور) is a Tunisian mosque in El Hajjamine quarter, attached to the Bab El Jazira suburb in the south of the Medina of Tunis.

Sidi Mansour Mosque
جامع سيدي منصور
Location
Sidi Mansour Mosque is located in Tunisia
Sidi Mansour Mosque
Shown within Tunisia
Geographic coordinates36°47′24″N 10°10′36″E / 36.790086°N 10.176666°E / 36.790086; 10.176666
Architecture
TypeMosque

Localization

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The mosque can be found in Sidi Mansour Street, near Bab El Fellah, one of the gates of the medina.

Etymology

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The mosque was named after the saint Sidi Mansour Abou Daliah (Arabic: سيدي منصور أبودالية), attached to the Idrisid dynasty that ruled Morocco between 789 and 985.[1] He was born in Fes and died in Gafsa in the 15th century.[2]

History

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According to Hayet El Mejri, the kouttab of the mosque existed in 1875.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Alchourouk.com".
  2. ^ a b Hayet El Mejri, De l'éducation traditionnelle à l'éducation primaire dans la médina de Tunis à l'époque ottomane, Tunis, Laboratoire d'études maghrébines, 2015, 284 p. (ISBN 9-93807-084-1), p. 49-50