Cheikh Rasaa Mosque

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Cheikh Rasaa Mosque
مسجد الشيخ الرصاع
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque

Cheikh Rasaa Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ الرصاع) is a Tunisian mosque in the north of the Medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[clarification needed][1]

Localization

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Metallic plaque of the street

The mosque was near Souk En Nhas in the Hafsia district.

Etymology

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It was named after the saint Cheikh Rasaa, one of the Imams of Al-Zaytuna Mosque, who died in 1489.[citation needed]

History

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The mosque was built during the Hafsid era. It has a hall and the tomb of its founder.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Mohamed Belkhodja, Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd, Tunis, al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah, 1939, 429 p