List of mosques in Tunis

During the 7th century the region of Tunisia was conquered by Arab troops led by the Ghassanid general Hassan Ibn Numan. The city had the natural advantage of coastal access, via the Mediterranean, to the major ports of southern Europe. Early on, Tunis played a military role — the Arabs recognized the strategic importance of its proximity to the Strait of Sicily. From the earliest years of the 8th century, Tunis was the chef-lieu of this area: it became the Arabs' naval base in the western Mediterranean Sea, and took on considerable military importance, and with a strategic location, the city grew, and with it grew the Mosques for the Muslims to pray in.

Abbasids

Mosque of Al-Zaytuna, in Tunis

Al-Zaytuna Mosque

Fatimids

Ksar Mosque

Maghreb Dynasties

Ottomans

Mosque of Sidi Mahrez

Youssef Dey Mosque

Modern

Lists of mosques by city

North Africa	Alexandria Algiers Benghazi Cairo Kairouan Marrakech Rabat Sidon Tunis

Middle East	Abu Dhabi Aleppo Amman Ankara Baghdad Basra Beirut Damascus Damietta Esfahan Gaza Istanbul Jerusalem Mecca Medina Najaf Qom Riyadh Sana'a Shiraz Tabriz Tehran Trabzon Van

Central Asia	Samarqand Bukhara Kabul Mazar-i-Sharif

South Asian Subcontinent	Islamabad Karachi Dakka Bangalore Multan Hyderabad Lahore Delhi

China	Urumqi Kashgar Beijing Guangzhou Xinjiang Linxia Xi'an Canton

Sub-Saharan Africa	Timbuktu Bamako Zanzibar Dakar Djenné

America	Ottawa Mexico City São Paulo Buenos Aires Caracas

Europe	Istanbul Ulcinj

South East Asia and Ocenia	Jakarta Surabaya Bandung Medan Padang Singapore Kuala Lumpur

See also Mosques by country

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