page_title: Sahn
hierarchical_section_title: Sahn
caption_attribution_description: Visitors tour the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as the Mosque of Uqba, on August 19, 2008.
context_page_description: A sahn, is a courtyard in Islamic architecture. Most traditional mosques have a large central sahn, which is surrounded by a riwaq or arcade on all sides. In traditional Islamic design, residences and neighborhoods can have private sahn courtyards.
  The sahn is a common element in religious buildings and residences throughout the Muslim world, used in urban and rural settings. The cloister is its equivalent in European medieval architecture and its religious buildings.
context_section_description: A sahn, (Arabic: صَحْن‎, ṣaḥn), is a courtyard in Islamic architecture. Most traditional mosques have a large central sahn, which is surrounded by a riwaq or arcade on all sides. In traditional Islamic design, residences and neighborhoods can have private sahn courtyards.
  The sahn is a common element in religious buildings and residences throughout the Muslim world, used in urban and rural settings.  The cloister is its equivalent in European medieval architecture and its religious buildings.
caption: Large sahn of the Mosque of Uqba, surrounded by riwaq (arcades), in Tunisia.
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