Al Haoua Mosque
Also known as: Al Haoua Mosque
mosque in Tunisia
Key facts
- Built
- 1252
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Overview
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The Al Haoua Mosque (al-Hawa) is a historic mosque in Tunis. It is also known as the Tawfiq Mosque, the name it bore under the Hafsids. Our record dates its construction to 1252, and it is a listed monument of Tunisia. The address in the record places it on 9 April 1938 Boulevard in the Montfleury quarter, within the Sidi El Bechir delegation. The mosque reflects Hafsid patronage in the 13th century and the renovation work carried out in later centuries.
History
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According to the Arabic-language source, the mosque was built by Princess Atf, wife of the Hafsid sultan Abu Zakariya I, during the reign of her son, Sultan Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Mustansir, in the middle of the 7th century AH (13th century CE). The record gives the year of construction as 1252. Under the Hafsids it was known as the Tawfiq Mosque.
The English-language source reports that the building was renovated in the 18th century under the Husainids.
From Wikipedia
The al-Hawa Mosque (Arabic: جامع الهواء; also transliterated as al-Haoua Mosque in French), also known as the Tawfiq Mosque, is a historic mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It was first built in the 13th century under the Hafsids and later renovated in the 18th century under the Husainids. It is an official Historical Monument.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hawa_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_El_Hawa
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-Hava_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1