Great Mosque of Salé

De Great Mosque of Salé (Arabic: الجامع الأعظم, romanized: al-Jama' al-A'dam), dem sanso know am as de Masjid al-Tal'a, be a historic mosque insyd Salé, Morocco. Ebe de main mosque of de old city. Dey cover an area of 5,070 m2 (54,600 sq ft), ebe de third-largest mosque insyd Morocco. Na dem build a first mosque for dis site between 1028 den 1030. Na de current mosque be de result of a reconstruction den expansion by de Almohad ruler Yaqub al-Mansur insyd 1196. Further renovations insyd de 18th century give de building ein present-day appearance. Na ebe severely damage insyd de Bombardment of Salé of 1851 wey na dem briefly close am during de French protectorate insyd Morocco. History Na dem destroy den rebuild de mosque chaw times since de beginning of de city ein history. Na dem fi build a first mosque under de orders of Temim Ibn Ziri, a leader of de Banu Ifran tribe, insyd 420 AH (c. 1030 CE). Na dem build a new, larger mosque insyd 1196 under Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur ein orders after na de old mosque ein roof collapse. Na dem know de architect of de Almohad building as al-Gharnati – a name wich dey suggest na he be from Granada insyd Al-Andalus. According to tradition, na 700 French slaves be involved insyd de reconstruction under al-Mansur ein orders. Insyd 1260, na Castilian forces sack den occupy Salé, during wich na dem gather 3000 women, kiddies den elderly residents of de city insyd de mosque wey dem take dem as slaves for Seville. De Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub reconquer de city soon afterwards. Insyd 1342 na anoda Marinid sultan, Abu al-Hasan, build de Madrasa of Abu al-Hasan next to de mosque, wey he add to ein development as a religious den intellectual center of de city. Na dem largely rebuild den modify de mosque over time, den ein present appearance dey date from de 18th century, under de 'Alawi dynasty. De mosque ein current minaret likewise dey date from de 'Alawi period. Insyd 1851, na Salé be bombarded by French forces, wey na de mosque be severely damaged after dem struck am by six cannonballs. During de French protectorate insyd Morocco, na dem use de mosque for nationalist gatherings insyd de 1930s, wey people such as Said Hajji, Ahmed Maaninou, Boubker el-Kadiri, den Abu Bakr Zniber lead. De French protectorate later close de mosque make dem prevent am being used as a place make e awaken awareness of nationalist sentiment, buh na dem later re-open am. Gallery References External links