Ksar Mosque

Ksar Mosque or Jemaâ Al Ksar (Arabic: جامع القصر‎), also of the Hanafi rite, is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia.

Ksar Mosque
جامع القصر
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Architecture
TypeMosque
Date established12th century

History

Located in front of Dar Hussein (Bab Menara), it was built in the early 12th century.[1] It was a royal mosque, probably built during the reign of Ahmed Ibn Kourassane (1100–1128).

Around 1598, it was attached to the Hanafi by the Turkish conquerors.

  • Ksar Mosque in 1913

Structure

The mosque has had a lot of building work and renovation. The minaret was rebuilt in 1647/48,[2] and decorated with marble and terra cotta glazed in a Moorish style, and its eastern facade is decorated with big bows and horseshoes in the Fatimid style.

Access to the mosque is through a door under a covered walkway that opens into a courtyard elevated above the prayer hall. It is surrounded by a portico with columns and capitals such as Turkish Prayer Hall which is topped by arches supported by ancient columns and capitals. At the back of the hall, the mihrab, of remarkable size, is semicircular with seven niches separated by pilasters.[2] It is surmounted by a Fatimid style fluted half-dome.

  • El Ksar's mosque Mihrab
  • El Ksar mosque's facade
  • Mosque El Ksar's minaret
  • The mosque's arches
  • Detail of the wall
  • Calligraphy on the wall of the mosque

References
  1. "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French). Government of Tunis. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. "Mosquée al-Qasr". qantara-med.org (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

Bibliography
  • Mohamed Masmoudi et Jamila Binous, Tunis. La ville et les monuments, Tunis, Cérès Productions, 1980, p. 80–81

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