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Sidi Ibrahim Mosque
(جامع سيدي إبراهيم)

Title	Sidi Ibrahim Mosque
Title Original	جامع سيدي إبراهيم
Publication Date:	AH 6th century / AD 13th century
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;25;ar
Library Location	Tlemcen, Algeria
Date	AH 6th century / AD 13th century
Notes	Sidi Ibrahim Mosque is part of a complex known as the Yaqubiyya Madrasa, which included a shrine, a corner, and a madrasa. All that remains of this complex is the mosque and the shrine, which are famous under the name Sidi Ibrahim al-Masmoudi. The mosque is medium in size, and its courtyard is surrounded by a colonnade extending along its northern, eastern and western facades. It reaches a width of 11.20 meters and a depth of approximately 10 metres, and can be entered from the north through a door located at the front of the building. The prayer hall was initially a simple prayer hall belonging to the school, then it ended up becoming a place for Friday prayers for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. This hall (19 meters x 15.4 meters from the inside) is entered through two side doors at the front of the building, leading to the fourth chamber on the eastern and western sides. We find in it five tiles perpendicular to the qibla wall. Each of them is surrounded by two rows of supports. Its base is square, crossed, or in the shape of the Latin letter “T,” and bears broken arches. The walls and borders are devoid of decoration. The octagonal mihrab is also covered by an eight-sided dome, surmounted by three false windows, and opened through a fully round, transcendent arch. The frame was covered with squares of clay, but it was restored with decorative plaster during the “restoration” work that is still ongoing in the adjacent tomb of Sidi Ibrahim. The quadrangular minaret is not particularly high, and its facades are decorated with large panels of braided mesh, supported by three arches. The panel below the braided grille has four arches, and is entirely decorated with mosaics.
Sample Text	Ali Lafer “Sidi Ibrahim Mosque” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;25;ar

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Sidi Ibrahim Mosque

(جامع سيدي إبراهيم)

Publication Date AH 6th century / AD 13th century

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;25;ar

Library Location Tlemcen, Algeria

Date AH 6th century / AD 13th century

Notes Sidi Ibrahim Mosque is part of a complex known as the Yaqubiyya Madrasa, which included a shrine, a corner, and a madrasa. All that remains of this complex is the mosque and the shrine, which are famous under the name Sidi Ibrahim al-Masmoudi. The mosque is medium in size, and its courtyard is surrounded by a colonnade extending along its northern, eastern and western facades. It reaches a width of 11.20 meters and a depth of approximately 10 metres, and can be entered from the north through a door located at the front of the building. The prayer hall was initially a simple prayer hall belonging to the school, then it ended up becoming a place for Friday prayers for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. This hall (19 meters x 15.4 meters from the inside) is entered through two side doors at the front of the building, leading to the fourth chamber on the eastern and western sides. We find in it five tiles perpendicular to the qibla wall. Each of them is surrounded by two rows of supports. Its base is square, crossed, or in the shape of the Latin letter “T,” and bears broken arches. The walls and borders are devoid of decoration. The octagonal mihrab is also covered by an eight-sided dome, surmounted by three false windows, and opened through a fully round, transcendent arch. The frame was covered with squares of clay, but it was restored with decorative plaster during the “restoration” work that is still ongoing in the adjacent tomb of Sidi Ibrahim. The quadrangular minaret is not particularly high, and its facades are decorated with large panels of braided mesh, supported by three arches. The panel below the braided grille has four arches, and is entirely decorated with mosaics.

Sample Text Ali Lafer “Sidi Ibrahim Mosque” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;25;ar