al-Zaytuna Mosque

جامع الزيتونة

Tunis

Draft card for the Zaytuna Mosque of Tunis, the Umayyad-Aghlabid congregational mosque that became the seat of Maliki learning in Ifriqiya; al-Muqaddasi describes it among the city's landmarks, the page not yet checked.

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Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Maghreb
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Tunis

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Tunis

People and things also explored

Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)· Charles V's conquest of Tunis (1535)· Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya· The Recovery of Tunis from the Spanish· Abdelaziz Thâalbi· Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi

Sources

  • Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim of al-Muqaddasi
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Zaytuna Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/al-zaytuna-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.

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Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)

After receiving the vizier's robe at Aleppo, Khayr al-Din's fleet took Bizerte and La Goulette unopposed; the Hafsid sultan al-Hasan b. Muhammad fled to Spain, and Khayr al-Din installed his brother al-Rashid and declared Tunis annexed to the Ottoman dominions.