Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Mosque

Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي علي بن زياد‎), was a Tunisian mosque located in the west of the medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore.[1]

Localization

The mosque was located in Sidi Ali Ben Ziyad Street, behind Dar El Bey.

Etymology

It got its name from a saint, Sidi Ali ibn Ziyad, a jurisconsult from Ifriqiya and a Malikite Imam.

History

According to the historian Mohamed Belkhodja, Sidi Ali ibn Ziyad died in 799 and was buried in this mosque, which means it existed in the 9th century.

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


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