El Ghouri Mosque ( ar, مسجد الغوري) was a
Tunisia
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mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
located on El Haddanine Street in
the Medina of Tunis.
It does not exist anymore.
[Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p]
Etymology
It was named after the
saint Cheikh Abi Yahia Ben Abi Baker El Ghouri El Safakisi ( ar, أبي يحيى بن أبي بكر الغوري الصفاقسي), a wise Jurisconsult who lived in the 8th century.
References
Mosques in Tunis
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