El Hentati Mosque

Coordinates: 36°47′47″N 10°10′12″E / 36.796454°N 10.169884°E / 36.796454; 10.169884

Porte d'entrée de la mosquée El Hentati

El Hentati Mosque ' (Arabic: جامع الهنتاتي ‎‎) is a small mosque in the west of the medina of Tunis, in souk El Leffa.

Localization

It is located in 88 Souk El Leffa.^[1]

History

The mosque was built during the Hafsid era, in which Ibadi was spread in Tunis. Nowadays, Ibadi can be found mainly in Djerba.

Etymology

According to Ibn Khaldoun, the name Hentati comes from the Hentata tribe led by Abû Hafs Omar Ben Yahia El Hentati (Arabic: أبو حفص عمر بن يحيى الهنتاتي‎‎), the first emir of Ifriqiya and the Hafsid dynasty.^[2]

Marbel panel of El Hentati mosque
Metallic sign of souk El Leffa

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Kobba Mosque.

↑ http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/publish/content/article.asp?ID=450
↑ "مدونة محمية › تسجيل الدخول". libyan4native.wordpress.com.

Mosques of the medina of Tunis
Medina of Tunis	Al-Zaytuna Mosque Bab Bhar Mosque El Fell Mosque El Habibi Mosque El Hafsia Mosque El Hentati Mosque El Ichbili Mosque El Jedid Mosque El Koubba Mosque El Mehraz Mosque Ettarraz Mosque Hammouda Pacha Mosque Harmel Mosque Kasbah Mosque Ksar Mosque Laz Mosque Little Pacha Mosque Melmli Mosque Saida Adjoula Mosque Sidi Amor Mosque Sidi Bou Hadid Mosque Sidi Mahrez Mosque Youssef Dey Mosque
Northern suburb	Abi Mohamed Al Morjani Mosque Abi Mnigel Mosque Ben Hmida Mosque El Ahmadi Mosque El borj Mosque El bradia Mosque El Kayal Mosque Hammam El Rmimi Mosque Saheb Ettabaâ Mosque Sidi Belhassen El Halfaoui Mosque Sidi Bellagh Mosque Sidi El Ansari Mosque Sidi Gouicem Mosque Soubhan Allah Mosque Tabbanine Mosque Tronja Mosque
Southern suburb	Al Haliq Mosque Al Haoua Mosque Bab Jazira Mosque Charbati Mosque Hajjamine Mosque Sabkha Mosque Sidi El Baghdadi Mosque Sidi Mahrez Khelloua Mosque Sidi Mansour Mosque
Old Mosques	Cheikh Rasaa Mosque Dar El Agha Mosque Edabaghine Mosque El Ghassiroun Mosque El Ghouri Mosque El Nakiri Mosque El Sfar Mosque Karah Borni Mosque Ouichka Mosque Saida Msika Mosque Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Mosque Sidi El Hari Mosque Sidi Maaouia Mosque Sidi Mardoum Mosque Sidi Salah Bou Kabrine Mosque Tarchich Mosque Usta Mourad Mosque
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