Sidi El Ansari Mosque ( ar, جامع سيدي الأنصاري), is a

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n mosque located in the Kâadine hood in the north 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 ...

near the

Bab Souika , demolition_date=1861, coordinates= Bab Souika ( ar, باب سويقة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis. It was demolished in 1861. Its situation was between Bab El Khadra and Bab Saadoun Bab Saadoun ( ar, باب سعدون) is on ...

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 Muhammad El Hadi Bey ( ar, محمد الهادي باي بن علي), commonly referred to as Hédi Bey (Le Bardo, 24 June 1855 – Carthage, 11 May 1906)Omar Khlifi, ''Moncef Bey, le roi martyr'', éd. MC-Editions, Carthage, 2006, p. 12 was ...

, a

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 the Husainid dynasty who ruled from 1902 until his death.

References

Mosques in Tunis 20th-century mosques {{Tunisia-mosque-stub