Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque
Also known as: Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque
building in Algeria
Key facts
- Built
- 1296
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Overview
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The Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque, also known as the Abu al-Hasan al-Tanasi Mosque, stands in the Algerian city of Tlemcen, close to the square of the Great Mosque. The building dates to 1296 and is described as an artistic landmark of the city. It is now a former mosque that has been given a new function: it houses the National Public Museum of Islamic Calligraphy in Tlemcen. It is recorded among the cultural heritage monuments of Algeria.
History
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The building was erected in 1296 to commemorate Prince Abu Ibrahim, son of Yahya Yaghmurasen, after his death. This is shown by an inscription on an alabaster slab fixed to the western wall of the prayer hall and by two plaster inscriptions above the mihrab.
The present name is believed to derive from the judge Abu al-Hasan ibn Yakhlaf al-Tanasi, who served under Sultan Abu Said Uthman (1283-1303). The building was later withdrawn from use as a mosque and converted into a museum.
From Wikipedia
The Sidi Belahcen Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي بلحسن; French: La Mosquée de Sidi Bel Hasan), also known as Sidi Bel Hasan Mosque or Sidi Abu al-Hasan Mosque is a former mosque in the city of Tlemcen, Algeria. The former mosque is located in the southwest of the square, next to the Great Mosque of Tlemcen.
The building has been repurposed as the National Public Museum of Islamic Calligraphy in Tlemcen, an Islamic art museum.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Sidi Belahcen Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Belahcen_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Sidi_Bellahsen
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Belhasan_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF