List of mosques in Tunisia

This is a list of mosques in Tunisia.

According to the data by the Ministry of Religious Affairs as of December 2015, there were 5,470 mosques in Tunisia, among which 4,299 are Jami Masjids which conduct Friday Prayer and 1,171 are smaller mosques.^[1] The city of Sfax has highest number of mosques, with 418 Jama Masjids and 88 smaller mosques.^[2] The city of Djerba contains 380 mosques, among which 20 are underground mosques.^[3]

List of mosques in Tunisia

Name	Location	Year (CE)	Group	Notes
Great Mosque of Kairouan الجامع الكبير قيروان	Kairouan	670		One of the oldest places of worship in the Islamic world; located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[4]
Al-Zaytuna Mosque مسجد الزيتون	Tunis	698	Su	Exact dete is disputed; yet believed to be 79 AH (698/699 CE)^[5]
Bu Ftata Mosque مسجد بؤ فتاتة	Sousse	838-841
Great Mosque of Sfax الجامع الكبير بسفاكس	Sfax	c. 849		Notable for its Aghlabid minaret and its unusually decorated eastern façade.^[6]^: 37–38^[7]
Great Mosque of Sousse الجامع الكبير بسوسة	Sousse	851		Commissioned by Abu al-‘Abbas Muhammad al-Aghlabi; completed in the Aghlabid style.^[8]
Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun مسجد ابن خيرون	Kairouan	866	Su	Commissioned in 252 AH (866/867 CE) during the Aghlabid era by Muhammad ibn Khairun,^[9] the minaret was added in 844 AH (1440/1441CE), during the Hafsid period.^[6]^: 33–34
Great Mosque of Monastir الجامع الكبير بمنستير	Monastir	9th century		The absence of a dome surmounting the mihrab is rare in medieval Ifriqiyan architecture.^[10]
Great Mosque of Mahdia الجامع الكبير بمهدية	Mahdia	916		Commissioned by the Fatimid caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi.^[6]^: 47–51
Great Mosque of Béja الجامع الكبير بباجة	Béja	944		Built by the Fatimids on the site of an old Christian basilica.
Bled el Hadhar Mosque مسجد بلد الحضر	Tozeur	1149
Ksar Mosque مسجد قصر	Tunis	12th century
Kasbah Mosque مسجد قصبة	Tunis	1230
Al Haoua Mosque مسجد الهواء	Tunis	1252
Bab Bhar Mosque مسجد باب بحار	Tunis	1282
Djemaa Fadhloun جمامع فضلون	Djerba	14th century
Al Haliq Mosque مسجد حليق	Tunis	14th century
Tabbanine Mosque مسجد التبانين	Tunis	1487
Sidi Elyes Mosque جامع سيدي إلياس	Sfax	before the 15th century
Mosque of the Strangers مسجد الاجانب	Houmt El Souk	15th century
Mosque of the Turks مسجد الأتراك	Houmt El Souk	16th century
Great Mosque of Testour الجامع الكبير بتستور	Testour	1631
Youssef Dey Mosque مسجد يوسف دي	Tunis	1631
Hammouda Pacha Mosque مسجد حمودة باشا	Tunis	1655
The Bey's Mosque جامع مراد باي	Béja	1675
Al Bey Mosque مسجد الباي	Kairouan	1683
Sidi Mahrez Mosque مسجد سيدي محرز	Tunis	1692
Mosque of the Barber مسجد الحلاق	Kairouan	17th century
Sidi Bou Makhlouf Mosque مسجد سيدي بؤ مخلوف	Le Kef	17th century		^[11]
Bab Jazira Mosque مسجد باب جزيرة	Tunis	1710
El Jedid Mosque مسجد الجديد	Tunis	1726
Mustapha Hamza Mosque مسجد مسطفى حمزة الخضر	Mahdia	1778		^[12]
Al Malek Mosque مسجد الملك	Kairouan	18th century
Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque مسجد صاحب الطابع	Tunis	1814
Slimane Hamza Mosque مسجد سليمان حمزة	Mahdia	1826		^[12]
Bardo Mosque مسجد الباردو	Le Bardo	19th century
Bourgiba Mosque جامع برقويبة	Monastir	1963
Malik ibn Anas Mosque مسجد مالك ابن أنس	Carthage	2003
Douar el Chott Mosque مسجد دوار الشط	Carthage
Dougga Mosque مسجد دوغا	Dougga
El Ahmadi Mosque مسجد الاحمدي	La Marsa
El Hilali Mosque مسجد الهلالي	Kairouan
El May Mosque مسجد الماي	Djerba
El Rabba Mosque مسجد الرباء	Sousse
Ennasr Mosque مسجد النصر	Ghomrassen
Ennour Mosque مسجد النور	Monastir
Essaidia Mosque مسجد السعيدية	Le Bardo
Great Mosque of Gafsa الجامع الكبير بغفسا	Gafsa
Great Mosque of Hammamet الجامع الكبير بحمامة	Hammamet
Ibn Abbas Mosque مسجد ابن عباس	Djerba
Jarah Mosque مسجد جراح	Gabès
Ksar Hadada Mosque مسجد قصر حدد	Ksar Hadada
Great Mosque of Medjez el Bab الجامع الكبير بمجز الباب	Béja
El Lawlib Mosque مسجد اللولب	Kairouan
Great Mosque of Nabeul الجامع الكبير نباول	Nabeul
Negra Mosque مسجد نغر	Kairouan
Mosque of the Ouled Majed مسجد الوالد مجد	Degache
Sedouikech Underground Mosque مسجد سدويكش	Djerba
Mosque of the Seven Sleepers مسجد الرقود السبع	Chenini
Sidi Abdel Jaoued Mosque مسجد سيدي عبدالجواد	Jugurtha Tableland
Sidi Achor Mosque مسجد سيدي أشور	Nabeul
Sidi Amor Kammoun Mosque مسجد سيدي عمر فنون	Sfax
Sidi Bou Said Mosque مسجد سيدي بو سعيد	Sidi Bou Said
Sidi Mtir Mosque مسجد سيدي متير	Mahdia
Sidi Reis Mosque مسجد سيدي رئيس	Sfax
Zawiya al-Zouqaq زوية الزوقاق	Tunis

Legend

Group / Tradition	Abbreviation
Ahmadiyya	A
Non-denominational	ND
Shia Islam	SH
Sunni Islam	Su

References

^ عدد الجوامع والمساجد المصادق على ترسيمها ضمن قائمة المعالم الدينية إلى حدود شهر ديسمبر 2015، وزارة الشؤون الدينية، ديسمبر 2015
^ صفاقس الأولى في عدد الجوامع والمساجد بالبلاد.. وجامع واحد ليس تحت السيطرة. Turess. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ مساجد تحت الأرض .. حصون تونس “المهمَلة” ضد الغزاة. Al-Quds. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ "Great Mosque of Kairouan". discoverislamicart.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013.
^ Chater, Khalifa (2002). "Zaytūna". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Vol. XI. Brill. pp. 488–490. ISBN 9789004161214.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bloom, Jonathan M. (2020). Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218701.
^ Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila, eds. (2009). "Architecture; IV. c. 750–c. 900; C. Tunisia". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195309911.
^ "Great Mosque of Sousse". Museum with No Frontiers. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
^ Zangar, Saloua. "Mosque of the Three Doors". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
^ "Qantara - Grande Mosquée de Monastir". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
^ "Sidi Bou Makhlouf Mosque - el Kef tourism - ViaMichelin".
^ ^a ^b "Future Our Past". www.futureourpast.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018.

External links

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[1] عدد الجوامع والمساجد المصادق على ترسيمها ضمن قائمة المعالم الدينية إلى حدود شهر ديسمبر 2015، وزارة الشؤون الدينية، ديسمبر 2015

[2] صفاقس الأولى في عدد الجوامع والمساجد بالبلاد.. وجامع واحد ليس تحت السيطرة. Turess. Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[3] مساجد تحت الأرض .. حصون تونس “المهمَلة” ضد الغزاة. Al-Quds. Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[4] "Great Mosque of Kairouan". discoverislamicart.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013.

[5] Chater, Khalifa (2002). "Zaytūna". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Vol. XI. Brill. pp. 488–490. ISBN 9789004161214.

[Bloom_2020-6] Bloom, Jonathan M. (2020). Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218701.

[7] Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila, eds. (2009). "Architecture; IV. c. 750–c. 900; C. Tunisia". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195309911.

[8] "Great Mosque of Sousse". Museum with No Frontiers. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

[9] Zangar, Saloua. "Mosque of the Three Doors". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved November 21, 2020.

[10] "Qantara - Grande Mosquée de Monastir". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

[11] "Sidi Bou Makhlouf Mosque - el Kef tourism - ViaMichelin".

[fu-12] "Future Our Past". www.futureourpast.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018.

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