El-Oued Mosque
| Part of | Medina of Fez  |
|---|---|
| Country | Morocco |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Fez |
| Ein location | Fez |
| Coordinate location | 34°3′46″N 4°58′10″W |
| Heritage designation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site |
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.
History
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De mosque dey locate for de site of de former Madrasa el-Oued anaa (Madrasa al-Wadi), a madrasa dem build insyd 1321[1] anaa 1323 by de Marinid sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II.[2] 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.[2][3] (Na dem cover de canal since over for decades.[2]) 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.[2][3][4][5] 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.[3] 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.[3]
Architecture
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Ettahiri, Ahmed (2014). "La Bu'inaniya de Fès, perle des madrasas mérinides". In Lintz, Yannick; Déléry, Claire; Tuil Leonetti, Bulle (eds.). Maroc médiéval: Un empire de l'Afrique à l'Espagne (in French). Paris: Louvre éditions. p. 474. ISBN 9782350314907.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Mosquée el oued (Information plaque). Posted on a wall near the entrance of the mosque. ADER-Fes. November 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Le Tourneau, Roger (1949). Fès avant le protectorat: étude économique et sociale d'une ville de l'occident musulman. Casablanca: Société Marocaine de Librairie et d'Édition. pp. 141, 586.
- ↑ "Sahrij and Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex". World Monuments Fund (in English). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ↑ Parker, Richard (1981). A practical guide to Islamic Monuments in Morocco. Charlottesville, VA: The Baraka Press.
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