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    list of mosques in Kairouan, Tunisia. Great Mosque of Kairouan Mosque of the Three Doors Mosque of the Barber (Zawiya of Sidi Sahib) List of mosques in...
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    The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World...
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    Souk of Kairouan Tunisia Hotel Piscines des Aghlabides Salat of Tarawih in Great Mosque Kairouan's significance in Islam List of mosques in Kairouan The Station...
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  • distinction between old mosque buildings in continuous use as mosques and others no longer used as mosques. In terms of congregations, there are early established...
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    place-of-residence of Muhammad, and where his qabr (grave) is located. In addition to the Prophet's Mosque, the city has the mosques of Qubāʾ and Al-Qiblatayn...
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  • no means all of the oldest known minaret towers in the world. The oldest minaret still surviving is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia. It...
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  • which 20 are underground mosques. Islam in Tunisia List of mosques in Tunis Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in Tunisia. عدد الجوامع والمساجد...
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    Minaret of the mosque Prayer hall, 1889-1890 Overview, 1889-1890 The mosque, painted by Fritz von Dardel in 1886 Lists of mosques List of mosques in Africa...
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    infrastructure works like the Aghlabid Reservoirs of Kairouan. Much of their architecture, even their mosques, had a heavy and almost fortress-like appearance...
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    al-Zaytuna Mosque followed the design and architecture of previous mosques, particularly the Mosque of Uqba in Kairouan that was built in its current...
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    research institution, the Center of Islamic Studies, in Kairouan. There is little information about teaching at the Zaytuna Mosque prior to the 14th century...
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    dome in front of the original mihrab is still present, now in the middle of the prayer hall, and resembles the domes of the Great Mosque of Kairouan: it...
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    by a multitude of columns). One of the finest examples of the hypostyle-plan mosques is the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia. Usually opposite the entrance...
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    the Great Mosque of Madina (705–710 AD), Kairouan Mosque in Tunisia (663 AD), the Great Mosque of Damascus (705–715 AD), the Great Mosque of Cordoba (785–786...
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    mausoleum occupies the southwest corner of the mosque. Lists of mosques List of mosques in Africa List of mosques in Algeria Benouis, Farida; Chérid, Houria;...
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    to the entrance of the prayer hall in 991 and is attributed to the patronage of Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin. The Great Mosque of Kairouan was restored by Al-Mu'izz...
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    Minaret (category Mosque architecture)
    ratio of around 3:1.: 79  One of the oldest minarets still standing is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, built in 836 and well-preserved today...
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  • a list of congregational mosques by country or region. 1st November of 1954 Great Mosque Great Mosque of Algiers (disambiguation) Great Mosque of Nedroma...
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    cultural centers like the Great Mosque of Kairouan and the Great Mosque of Cordoba. Accordingly, most mosques in the region have roughly rectangular floor...
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    Hafsid dynasty (redirect from House of Hafs)
    increased, with Kairouan, Tunis and Bijaya hosting famous university-mosques. Kairouan continued to serve as a center of the Maliki school of religious doctrine...
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    clear T-plan is present in the 9th-century Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, for example, and in later Moroccan mosques. In addition to their greater...
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    Ifriqiya (redirect from Emir of Africa)
    Qayrawan (Kairouan), then Mahdia, then Tunis. The Aghlabids, from their base in Kairouan, initiated the invasion of Southern Italy beginning in 827, and...
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    often credited as the model used by the other mosques. Among the mosques surveyed, the Great Mosque of Sousse was the only one with a significant difference...
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    at Kairouan began to construct a new version of the history of the conquest, which was finalised by Ibrahim ibn ar-Raqiq. This version was copied in its...
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    migrated from Kairouan (hence the name of the mosque), Tunisia to Fez in the early 9th century, joining a community of other migrants from Kairouan who had...
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  • chamber by the golden ratio. The Great Mosque of Kairouan (built by Uqba ibn Nafi c. 670 C.E.) uses the golden ratio in the design including its plan, the...
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    Bursa (redirect from Geography of Bursa)
    Germany (1971) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972) Oulu, Finland (1978) Kairouan, Tunisia (1987) Anshan, China (1991) Bitola, North Macedonia (1996) Ceadîr-Lunga...
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  • 16th-century mosque in Kastamonu, Turkey Nasrallah Nasrallah, Tunisia, a city in the Kairouan Governorate This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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  • Carthage Dougga El Jem Kairouan Sousse Tunis Kerkouane Ichkeul Djerba The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World...
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    Sousse (redirect from Tourism in Sousse)
    connecting Sousse with Tunis, Kairouan, Sfax, Mahdia, Moknin, and Henshir Suwatir. Food industries were also established in the city. Before the First World...
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