Sidi Boumediene Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Tlemcen, Algeria}}
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Sidi Boumediene Mosque ({{langx|ar|مسجد شعيب أبو مدين}}) or the Worshipper's Mosque ({{langx|ar|مسجد العباد}}) is a historic Islamic religious complex In Tlemcen, Algeria, dedicated to the influential Sufi saint Abu Madyan. Abu Madyan was hailed from Seville and contributed greatly to the spread of tasawwuf in the Maghreb region.
History
The mosque was founded by the Marinid rulers in 1339. The madrasa was founded eight years after the mosque, where Ibn Khaldun had taught once.[https://archnet.org/sites/8898 Madrasa Sidi Abu Madyan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061455/https://archnet.org/sites/8898 |date=2018-01-07 }}. Archnet. Retrieved January 7, 2018. Dar al-Sultan palace was established as well in the lower point of the complex, where the sultans stayed during their visit to the mosque.[https://archnet.org/sites/8899 Dar al-Sultan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227063406/https://archnet.org/sites/8899 |date=2020-12-27 }}. Archnet. Retrieved January 9, 2018. The Sidi al-Haloui Mosque, built in 1353, was closely modelled on it.{{Cite web|last=Lafer|first=Ali|title=Sidi al-Haloui Mosque|url=http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;21;en|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201227/http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;21;en|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Marçais|first=Georges|title=L'architecture musulmane d'Occident|publisher=Arts et métiers graphiques|year=1954|isbn=|location=Paris|pages=278}}
Architecture
The complex contains several religious buildings including the mosque, mausoleum, madrasa and the hamam. The mosque has the main entrance resembling that of the several other Moorish architectures from Córdoba to Kairouan. The entrance leads to the gallery of plaster paintings. On top of the dome exists muqarnas. It continues to the stairs which resemble that of the Puerta del Sol, Toledo. The wooden doors are decorated with bronze, and they lead to the sahn with the fountain in the middle and surrounded by corridors and prayer hall.
Gallery
File:Minaret de Sidi Boumedienne.jpg|Minaret of the mosque
File:Bild från familjen von Hallwyls resa genom Algeriet och Tunisien, 1889-1890 - Hallwylska museet - 92051.tif|Prayer hall, 1889-1890
File:Bild ur Johanna Kempes samling från resan till Algeriet och Tunisien, 1889-1890. "Tlemcen - Hallwylska museet - 91840.tif|Overview, 1889-1890
File:Mosquée Sidi Boumediene en 1886.jpg|The mosque, painted by Fritz von Dardel in 1886
File:Emile Claus - The mosque of Sidi Boumedienne.jpg
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Georges Marçais, L’architecture musulmane d’occident, Tunisie, Algérie, Espagne et Sicile, Paris, Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1954, p.276
- Georges Marçais, Les villes d'art célèbres. Tlemcen, éd. du Tell, Blida, 2003, rééd. de l'ouvrage paru en 1950 à la Librairie Renouard (Paris)
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