Sidi El Ansari Mosque
mosque in Tunis, Tunisia
Sidi El Ansari Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدي الأنصاري), is a Tunisian mosque located in the Kâadine hood in the north of the medina of Tunis near the Bab Souika suburb. It is annexed to a mausoleum.
Localization
It can be found in 43 El Kâadine Street.
Etymology
The mosque got its name from a saint called Sidi El Ansari, a descending from El Rasâa family. He is buried in it.
History
According to the commemorative plaque, it was built in 1905 under the orders of Muhammad IV al-Hadi, a bey of Tunis from the Husainid dynasty who ruled from 1902 until his death.
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