Tarchich Mosque ( ar, مسجد الصفار), is a

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n mosque located in the east 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 ...

. 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 The church's Street, the present Jemaa Ezzitouna Street.

Etymology

The word ''Tarchich'' comes from the

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

word ''Tâarchich'', one of

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's old names.

References

Mosques in Tunis {{Tunisia-mosque-stub