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]
El Ghouri Mosque | |
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مسجد الغوري | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Location | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Etymology
editIt 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
edit- ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p