page_title: Great Mosque of Sfax
hierarchical_section_title: Great Mosque of Sfax
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Grande mosquée This is a photo of the protected monument identified by the ID 61-11 in Tunisia.
context_page_description: The Great Mosque of Sfax is the first mosque established in the historic city of Sfax, Tunisia. It dates back to the same year of the construction of the city wall which is in 849. It was built during the Aghlabid rule of Ifriqiya in the 9th-century which served as a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate. The mosque was specifically commissioned during the period of Imam Sahnoun, a Maliki jurist from Kairouan.
context_section_description: The Great Mosque of Sfax (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصفاقس‎) is the first mosque established in the historic city of Sfax, Tunisia. It dates back to the same year of the construction of the city wall which is in 849. It was built during the Aghlabid rule of Ifriqiya in the 9th-century which served as a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate. The mosque was specifically commissioned during the period of Imam Sahnoun, a Maliki jurist from Kairouan.
caption: View of the minaret
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