El-Oued Mosque

De El-Oued Mosque (Arabic: جامع الواد, romanized: jama' al-wad, lit. 'mosque of the river'; Berber languages: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵊⴰⵎⵄⵍⵡⴰⴷ) be a mosque insyd Fes el-Bali, de historic medina of Fes, Morocco. Na dem build am insyd de late 18th anaa early 19th century for de site of a former 14th-century madrasa by de same name.
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 History 

De mosque dey locate for de site of de former Madrasa el-Oued anaa (Madrasa al-Wadi), a madrasa dem build insyd 1321 anaa 1323 by de Marinid sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II.Mosquée el oued (Information plaque). Posted on a wall near the entrance of the mosque. ADER-Fes. November 2014. Na de madrasa ein name ("Mosque of de River") refer to de fact dat na edey locate for top of de Oued Masmouda, a water canal wey dey branch off de Oued Fes river system wich na historically supply water to much of de Andalus quarter of Fes el-Bali. (Na dem cover de canal since over for decades.) Along plus de Madrasa as-Sahrij den de Madrasa as-Sba'iyyin, na dem build am make e provide lodging den teaching give students wey dey study for de nearby Andalus Mosque, much as de Seffarine den al-Attarine Madrasas serve students for de al-Qarawiyyin Mosque across de river. Although na de Andalus mosque be thus a major center of scholarship den study insyd de middle ages, na e eventually be eclipsed by de Qarawiyyin Mosque/University wey e fall into relative decline, possibly dey make de madrasas less important. Insyd de late 18th anaa early 19th century de Alaouite sultan Moulay Slimane (wey sanso build a number of oda mosques insyd Fes) demolish de madrasa wey he build a new mosque over am, wich cam turn one of de main Friday mosques of de district.

 Architecture 
De mosque dey follow de standard model of Moroccan mosque architecture. E get a prominent square-shaft minaret plus minor decorative framing around ein windows. De mosque ein layout be distinguished by a proportionally very large rectangular courtyard (sahn), dem partly fill plus fruit trees.

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Category:Mosques insyd Fez, Morocco
Category:'Alawi architecture
Category:Madrasas insyd Fez, Morocco
Category:1323 establishments