El Ghouri Mosque
| El Ghouri Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد الغوري  | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam | 
| Branch/tradition | Sunni | 
| Location | |
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia | 
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque | 
El Ghouri Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الغوري) was a Tunisian mosque located on El Haddanine Street in the Medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[1][clarification needed]
Etymology
[edit]It was named after the saint Cheikh Abi Yahia Ben Abi Baker El Ghouri El Safakisi (Arabic: أبي يحيى بن أبي بكر الغوري الصفاقسي), a wise Jurisconsult who lived in the 8th century.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p