Cheikh Rasaa Mosque
Appearance
Cheikh Rasaa Mosque | |
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مسجد الشيخ الرصاع | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
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
[edit]The mosque was near Souk En Nhas in the Hafsia district.
Etymology
[edit]It was named after the saint Cheikh Rasaa, one of the Imams of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, who died in 1489.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The mosque was built during the Hafsid era. It has a hall and the tomb of its founder.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p