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El Ghouri Mosque

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El Ghouri Mosque
مسجد الغوري
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque

El Ghouri Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الغوري) was a Tunisian mosque located on El Haddanine Street in the Medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[1][clarification needed]

Etymology

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It was named after the saint Cheikh Abi Yahia Ben Abi Baker El Ghouri El Safakisi (Arabic: أبي يحيى بن أبي بكر الغوري الصفاقسي), a wise Jurisconsult who lived in the 8th century.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p