Dar El Agha Mosque

Dar El Agha Mosque is an ancient Tunisian mosque that was located in the north of the Medina of Tunis.

Localization

The mosque was in the Agha street.

Etymology

The mosque and the street got their name from the agha, a military commandant of the Ottoman era, who had a house in the same street.

History

We don't have enough information about the construction date of the mosque. However, we know that the last agha who lived in the house was Abou El Abbes Ahmed El Kbir (Arabic : أبو العباس أحمد الكبير). Afterwards, cheikh Ahmed Belkhodja's children possessed the house.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Arabic Wikipedia article at ar:مسجد دار الآغة; see its history for attribution.

Bibliography

Belkhodja, Mohamed (1939). Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd (in Arabic). Tunis: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah.


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