Kasbah Mosque (Tunis)

Kasbah Mosque (Arabic: جامع القصبة‎ ; French: Mosquée de la Casbah) is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is a listed Historical Monument.

For the mosques in Morocco, see Kasbah Mosque (Marrakech) and Kasbah Mosque (Tangier).
Kasbah Mosque
جامع القصبة
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Architecture
Architect(s)Ali ibn Mohamed ibn Kacem
TypeMosque
Date established1230

Localization

This mosque is located in the Medina, in the Kasbah district which is still home to government buildings.

History

The mosque was built after 1230 by the architect Ali ibn Mohamed ibn Kacem following the orders of the Hafsid dynasty's founder Abu Zakariya Yahya (ruled between 1230 and 1249). The minaret, which is highly similar to the earlier Almohad minaret of the Kasbah Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco, was competed in 1233.[1][2] It was the first Friday mosque to be built in Tunis after Al-Zaytuna Mosque.[1] Initially it was a place of prayer for the rulers who lived in the Kasbah only, but it later became a public mosque for the Friday prayer open to the whole city.[1][3] The mosque was renovated under Ottoman rule in 1584, at which point its wooden minbar was replaced with a stone minbar.[4][5]

Architecture

The mosque has a rectangular prayer hall that is deeper than it is wide, arranged in seven "naves" and nine arch spans for each nave.[1]

  • Arches of the kasbah mosque
  • Calligraphy of the Kasbah minaret
  • View of the Kasabh mosque from Bab Bnet
  • Details of the minaret
  • Details of the minaret

References
  1. Bloom, Jonathan M. (2020). Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800. Yale University Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 9780300218701.
  2. Béji Ben Mami, Mohamed. "Almohad Mosque of the Kasbah". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  3. "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French). Government of Tunis. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  4. "Qantara - Great Mosque of the Qasaba". www.qantara-med.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  5. "Jami' al Qasba". Archnet. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

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