Sidi El Hari Mosque ( ar, مسجد سيدي الحاري) was a
Tunisian mosque for
Aissawa
The 'Isawiyya (also Aissawa, Issawa, Aissaoua, Issaoua, Arabic: الطريقة العيساوية) is a religious Islamic mysticalMartin Lings, ''What is Sufism?'' (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.12: "Myst ...
brotherhood located in the north-east of 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]
Localization
The mosque was located in Sidi El Hari Street, bear
Bab Cartagena
Bab Cartagena ( ar, باب قرطاجنة) or Carthage gate is one of the gates 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 c ...
, one of the gates of the medina that got destroyed.
Etymology
It got its name from a
saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
, Sidi El Hari whose
zaouia is a classified monument.
References
Mosques in Tunis
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