At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Maghreb
In space
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Overview
The Great Mosque (Jamaa el-Kebir) of Algiers is traditionally said to be the oldest mosque in the city. Its minbar bears a date showing that it existed in 1018, and its minaret was built by Abu Tashfin, sultan of Tlemcen, in 1324. 1
Among the mosques of Algiers
Newcomb names with it the New Mosque (Jamaa el-Jedid) of the seventeenth century, and judges neither as interesting for its tilework as the old Moorish houses of the city, such as the Kasbah and the palaces of the governor-general and the archbishop, or the mosque of Sidi Abd al-Rahman with its abundant tiles. 1
Connections
- Located in
- Algiers
People and things also explored
Ketchaoua Mosque, Algiers· Charles V's Algiers expedition (1541)· Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· Aruj Barbarossa enters Algiers (1516)· Capture of the Peñón of Algiers (1529)· End of the beylerbey system in Algiers (995/1587)· The French Occupation of Algiers· Uluj Ali's bid to annex Morocco (989/1581)
Sources
- Rexford Newcomb, The Decorative Tiles of North Africa (New York, 1929) , p.27
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Great Mosque of Algiers (Jamaa el-Kebir)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/great-mosque-of-algiers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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