Sidi Mansour Mosque

Sidi Mansour Mosque
Sidi Mansour Mosque
جامع سيدي منصور
Location
	Shown within Tunisia
Geographic coordinates	36°47′24″N 10°10′36″E / 36.790086°N 10.176666°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque

Sidi Mansour Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي منصور) is a Tunisian mosque in El Hajjamine quarter, attached to the Bab El Jazira suburb in the south of the Medina of Tunis.

Localization

The mosque can be found in Sidi Mansour Street, near Bab El Fellah, one of the gates of the medina.

Etymology

The mosque was named after the saint Sidi Mansour Abou Daliah (Arabic: سيدي منصور أبودالية), attached to the Idrisid dynasty that ruled Morocco between 789 and 985.^[1] He was born in Fes and died in Gafsa in the 15th century.^[2]

History

According to Hayet El Mejri, the kouttab of the mosque existed in 1875.^[2]

Marble panel with the name of the mosque
Entrance of the mosque
Minaret of the mosque
Sidi Mansour mosque in 1920

References

^ "Alchourouk.com".
^ ^a ^b Hayet El Mejri, De l'éducation traditionnelle à l'éducation primaire dans la médina de Tunis à l'époque ottomane, Tunis, Laboratoire d'études maghrébines, 2015, 284 p. (ISBN 9-93807-084-1), p. 49-50

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[1] "Alchourouk.com".

[hayet-2] Hayet El Mejri, De l'éducation traditionnelle à l'éducation primaire dans la médina de Tunis à l'époque ottomane, Tunis, Laboratoire d'études maghrébines, 2015, 284 p. (ISBN 9-93807-084-1), p. 49-50

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