El Sfar Mosque

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El Sfar Mosque (Arabic : مسجد الصفار), was a Tunisian mosque located in the medina of Tunis. It does not exist anymore. [1]

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Localization

The mosque was located on Sidi Sourdou Street.

History

The saint Mohammed Ben Ali Sourdou (Arabic : محمد بن علي الصوردو), also known as Sidi Sourdou (died 1873), used to pray in this mosque.

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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