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 Image 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

See also

References

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