Jamaa Uqba
Also known as Great Mosque of Kairouan
670
Islamic
mosque
The Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as the Mosque of Uqba ibn Nafi, is the principal early Islamic mosque of the Maghreb, founded in 670 by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi on the site that became the religious anchor of Kairouan. The…
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- 703
Hasan ibn Nu'man carried out an early renovation of the founding oratory.
- 722-728
Governor Bichr ibn Safwan enlarged the complex during the early Umayyad governance of Ifriqiya.
- 772
Yazid ibn Hatim led another major renovation of the mosque fabric.
- 836
Ziyadat Allah I rebuilt the mosque to its current Aghlabid dimensions, fixing the hypostyle hall, courtyard, and square minaret as the architectural core that UNESCO identifies as the World Heritage value.
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