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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period, the Great Mosque of Kairouan, was a model for mosque architecture in the region. It features one of the oldest minarets and contains one of the oldest...
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Uqba ibn Nafi (category Generals of the Umayyad Caliphate)
its first mosque, and the Great Mosque of Kairouan was constructed on the same year. This mosque has served as a model of all later mosques in the Maghreb...
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hypostyle in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia Ottoman-style prayer hall of the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey Wooden prayer hall of the Järvenpää...
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Minaret (category Mosque architecture)
width 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...
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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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spaces are related to the central 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...
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Minbar (redirect from Pulpit of Muhammad)
Muḥammad ʻAdnān Bakhīt, History of humanity, UNESCO, 2000, page 345 "Qantara - Minbar of the Great Mosque of Kairouan". www.qantara-med.org. Archived...
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Aghlabid dynasty (redirect from Aghlabid Emirate of Ifriqiya)
emirs sponsored building projects, notably the rebuilding of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, and the kingdom developed an architectural style which combined...
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Moorish architecture (redirect from Architecture of Al-Andalus)
of Kairouan (also transliterated as "Qayrawan") became an early center of Islamic culture for the region. According to tradition, the Great Mosque of...
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Islamic Golden Age (redirect from Golden age of Islam)
early great mosques. Founded in 670, it dates in its present form largely from the 9th century. The Great Mosque of Kairouan is constituted of a three-tiered...
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practice of worship. (example: the prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia). A hall church is a church with a nave and side aisles of approximately...
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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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different from that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, the structure of the building is very different.: 24 It is adjacent to the older Ribat of Sousse, which...
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Tunisia (redirect from Republic of Tunisia)
Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks, and blue coasts, it covers 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi), and has a population of 12...
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same time, the Great Mosque of Kairouan considered as the oldest and most prestigious sanctuary in the western Islamic world. This part of Islamic territory...
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The Great Mosque of Mahdiya (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في المهدية) is a mosque that was built in the tenth century in Mahdia, Tunisia. Located on the southern...
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Umayyad rule in North Africa (category History of North Africa)
city of Kairouan was established as a base for further operations and capital city of the North African province. The Great Mosque of Kairouan was founded...
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Zirid dynasty (redirect from Zirid Capture of Palermo (1036))
nursemaid of al-Mu'izz ibn Badis. It is one of many Qur'an manuscripts that were donated to the Great Mosque of Kairouan and it is one of the most important...
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Maqsurah (category Mosque architecture)
same mosque at later points. The oldest maqsura in the Islamic world to be preserved in situ is the wooden maqsura of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, commissioned...
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Islamic culture (redirect from Culture of Islam)
Delhi, India's Jama Masjid. The Great Mosque of Kairouan also called the Mosque of Uqba is at the same time the oldest mosque in North Africa (founded in...
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Islamic architecture (redirect from Beginning of Islamic architecture)
Great Mosque of Kairouan, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, the palace-city of Madinat al-Zahra (near Cordoba), the Qarawiyyin Mosque (in Fes), the Great Mosque...
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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 width...
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Abbasid architecture (section Mosques)
around 3:1. One of the oldest minarets still standing is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, built in 836 under Aghlabid rule and still well-preserved...
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before the disappearance of the red twilight from the west. In a mosque, the muezzin broadcasts the call to prayer at the beginning of each interval. Because...
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Art (redirect from Principles of Art)
Republic wants to outlaw Homer's great poetic art, and laughter as well. In Ion, Socrates gives no hint of the disapproval of Homer that he expresses in the...
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publication of an article in an Egyptian journal in 1897 criticizing the conservation of the collections of the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Later in 1948...
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Arab world (redirect from Borders of the arab world)
history of Arab cinema, recently the portrayal of women became an important aspect in the production of Arab cinema. Arab women shaped a great portion of the...
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