Al-Hawa Mosque
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The al-Hawa Mosque, also known as the Tawfiq Mosque, is a historic mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It was first built in the 13th century under the Hafsids and later renovated in the 18th century under the
Minaret of the mosque
Interior of the mosque's prayer hall
Abu Zakariya Yahya
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Abu Zakariya Yahya was the second Caliph of the Hafsid Caliphate in Ifriqiya. He was the grandson of Abu Hafs Ümar Ibn Yahya Al-Hintati, the leader of the Hintata and governor Of Ifriqiya.
Al-Hawa Mosque
…under the Husainids. It is an official Historical Monument. This mosque was built circa 1252 by Princess Atf, the widow of the first Hafsid sultan, Abu Zakariya Yahya (d. 1249), and mother to his successor, Muhammad I al-Mustansir. Around the same time, Atf also commissioned the construction of an accompanying madrasa…
Gold dinar of Abu Zakariya Yahya From Tlemcen.
Minaret of the Kasbah Mosque, Tunisia, built by order of Abu Zakariya