Salah Bey Mosque
Also known as: Salah Bey Mosque
building in Algeria
Key facts
- Built
- 1792
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Overview
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The Salah Bey Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Annaba, in eastern Algeria, dating from the Ottoman period. It stands in the old city, on the eastern side of the port, in the middle of the Place d'Armes (Blas Darm) square. Only a few narrow alleys separate it from the nearby Abu Marwan al-Sharif Mosque. It is described as one of the first mosques in Algeria to take on an Anatolian Turkish character. Its minaret has the form of a truncated pyramid on a square base. The mosque is named after Salah Bey, the bey of Constantine who ordered its construction. During Ramadan it hosts Quran teaching and dhikr circles, and worshippers gather there for the tarawih prayers.
History
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The mosque was completed in 1792, during Ottoman rule; one source places its construction between 1791 and 1792. It was commissioned by Salah Bey ben Mostefa, who served as bey of the Beylik of Constantine, within the Deylik of Algiers, from 1771 to 1792. The mosque bears his name.
According to the Arabic source, Salah Bey chose to build it in the centre of the old city, which at the time drew scholars and students of the Quran.
From Wikipedia
The Salah Bey Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Annaba, Algeria.
The mosque was built between 1791 and 1792, during the Ottoman era, by Salah Bey ben Mostefa, the bey of the Beylik of Constantine in the Deylik of Algiers from 1771 to 1792.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_Bey_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Salah-Bey
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Salah_Bey
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salih_Bey_Camii