page_title: Hammuda Pasha Bey
section_title: Achievements
hierarchical_section_title: Hammuda Pasha Bey / Achievements
caption_attribution_description: English: Hamouda Bacha Mosque
context_page_description: Hammuda Pasha Bey, died 1666 was the second Bey of the Tunisian Muradid dynasty. He reigned from 1631 until his death.
context_section_description: Hammond a Pasha established peace and order throughout the country. Bin Abi Dinar al-Kairaouani said of his reign that merchants could move everywhere freely without arms.
  A dedicated builder, Hammuda was responsible for the construction of many souks of the Medina of Tunis, as well as many palaces, including the Dar Hammouda Pacha and the predecessor of the modern Dar El Bey. In 1655, he had Ottoman architects build the Hammouda Pacha Mosque in the Turkish style, with an elegant octagonal minaret, below which he constructed his family mausoleum.
  Among his other achievements are the construction of a bimaristan (hospital) in the medina of Tunis and the reconstruction, with embellishments, of the mausoleum of Sidi Sahab (mosque of Barbier) at Kairouan. In 1643 he bought the old pleasure palace of the Hafsids at Le Bardo from the divan of the Turkish garrison in Tunis. Composed initially of three pavilions, which he had restored, he aggrandised it by adding orchards, a hammam, a cafe, souks and a funduq for visitors. His son Murad II Bey made this his primary residence, dwelling there almost permanently.
caption: Minaret of the Hammouda Pacha Mosque
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