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Former mosque in Tunis, Tunisia
Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Mosque
مسجد سيدي علي بن زياد
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque

Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي علي بن زياد), was a Tunisian mosque located in the west of the medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.

Localization

The mosque was located in Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Street, behind Dar El Bey.

Etymology

It got its name from a saint, Sidi Ali ibn Ziyad, a jurisconsult from Ifriqiya and a Malikite Imam.

History

According to the historian Mohamed Belkhodja, Sidi Ali ibn Ziyad died in 799 and was buried in this mosque, which means it existed in the 9th century.

References

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