The Little Pacha Mosque is one on the mosques of the
medina of Tunis
The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from ...
, located in the west of the city. It is also known as the Mosque of the
Husainid Hammuda Pacha ( ar, مسجد حمودة باشا الحسيني) in opposition to the Mosque of the
Muradid
The Muradid dynasty was a dynasty of beys that ruled Tunisia from 1613 to 1702. They were succeeded in 1705 by the Husainid dynasty.
History
The dynasty was founded by Murad I Bey, a janissary of Corsican origin. Ramdan Bey, ruler of Tunis, had ...
Hammuda Pacha.
Localization
The mosque is situated at number 214,
Kasbah
A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alca ...
Street.
History
It was constructed in 1805 (1220
Hijri) by Hammuda Pacha, the Husainid
bey of Tunis
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
, from 1782 until his death,
as indicated by the commemorative plaque.
References
Mosques in the medina of Tunis
Ottoman architecture in Tunisia
19th-century mosques
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