Ben Hmida Mosque

Ben Hmida Mosque (Arabic: جامع بن حميدة‎), is a Tunisian mosque located in the north of the medina of Tunis, in Bab Souika suburb.

Ben Hamida mosque
Commemorative plaque of the mosque

Location

The mosque is located in 2 El Halib dead-end or the milk "dead-end", near Bab Lakouas, one of the medina's gates that disappeared.[1]

History

According to the commemorative plaque at the entrance of the mosque, it was built in 1009, during the era of the zirid dynasty that ruled the Maghreb between 972 and 1014.[2]

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References
  1. http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/publish/content/article.asp?ID=443
  2. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/657580/Zirid-Dynasty
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