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    The Kutubiyya Mosque or Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية Arabic pronunciation: [jaːmiʕu‿lkutubijːa(h)]) is the largest mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco...
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    The Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque is a minbar (Arabic: منبر; a mosque furnishing similar to a pulpit) produced in Cordoba, Spain (al-Andalus at the time)...
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    richly-crafted minbars for the most important mosques of Morocco – most famously the Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque commissioned in 1137 – which were likely...
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    Ben Youssef Mosque, as well as another grand mosque, the Kasbah Mosque, to serve their new palaces in the south. The new Kutubiyya Mosque, however, was...
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    palaces. Along with the Kutubiyya Mosque, it is one of the most important historic mosques in Marrakesh. Construction of the mosque was probably begun around...
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    first Friday mosque (the site of the future Ben Youssef Mosque). The Ksar el-Hajjar was located directly north of today's Kutubiyya Mosque. The major souk...
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    of construction on the Kutubiyya Mosque there. The Tinmal Mosque's architecture demonstrates many similarities with the Kutubiyya and was likely designed...
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    Marrakesh and serves as an exhibition space. Notably, the Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque is displayed here. The name el-Badi' (Arabic: البديع), typically translated...
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  • Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is an oil on canvas painting of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh by Winston Churchill. The painting, the only one Churchill...
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    مامونية) is a five-star hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, opposite the Kutubiyya Mosque. Widely regarded as one of the best hotels globally, La Mamounia has...
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    Marrakesh (section Mosques)
    first structures, including mosques and a fortified residence, the Ksar al-Hajjar, near the present-day Kutubiyya Mosque. These Almoravid foundations...
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    and white were already features on the minarets of the Kutubiyya Mosque and the Kasbah Mosque of Marrakesh. Relatively simple in design, they may have...
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    The Almohad Kutubiyya and Tinmal mosques are often considered the prototypes of later Moroccan and Andalusi mosques, although the Great Mosque of Taza (later...
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    Minaret (category Mosque architecture)
    minarets in the region are the Almohad-era minarets of the Kutubiyya Mosque and the Kasbah Mosque in Marrakesh, the Hassan Tower in Rabat, and the Giralda...
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    construction) and that it may be an allusion to the minaret of the Kutubiyya Mosque to the northeast, which was founded and begun under Abd al-Mu'min's...
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    is modeled on the minaret of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh and the courtyard is modeled on the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fes. "Mosquée Mohammadi". ArchNet...
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    current Kutubiyya Mosque. The later Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf (ruled 1106–1143) attached a palace to the south, on the site of what is now the mosque. Remains...
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    Almohad Kutubiyya and Tinmal mosques are often considered the prototypes of later Moroccan mosques. The monumental minarets (e.g. the Kutubiyya minaret...
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  • Thumbnail for Minbar of the Ibrahimi Mosque
    shrine by Badr al-Jamali on behalf of the Fatimid caliph. Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque Wikimedia Commons has media related to Minbar in Cave of the Patriarchs...
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    Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in...
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    Koutoubia Mosque, also known as Kutubiyya Mosque, Jami' al-Kutubiyah, Kutubiyyin Mosque, and Mosque of the Booksellers, is the largest mosque in the city...
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    on the south side of the Ksar el-Hajjar (on the present site of the Kutubiyya Mosque). This palace was later abandoned and its function was replaced by...
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  • mosques in the world can refer to the oldest, surviving building or to the oldest mosque congregation. There is also a distinction between old mosque...
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    Minbar (category Mosque architecture)
    During the Almohad period later that century, it was moved to the Kutubiyya Mosque in the same city. It is housed today in the Badi Palace Museum. The...
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    usually accompanied by fine floral designs. The Almoravid minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh features a fine example. Almohad Kufic (كوفي موحدي) Marinid...
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    On the south side of the palace are other annexes includes stables and a mosque with a minaret. The palace is most famous for its decoration. Its walls...
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    have been responsible for finishing the construction of the current Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh. He also created a vast royal citadel and palace complex...
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    situation persisted under the Almohads, whose buildings (e.g. the Kutubiyya Mosque) further cemented many stylistic trends that would characterize the...
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    Great Mosque of Cordoba, the palace-city of Madinat al-Zahra (near Cordoba), the Qarawiyyin Mosque (in Fes), the Great Mosque of Tlemcen, the Kutubiyya Mosque...
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    tradition dating back to the 12th-century Almoravid minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque (in Marrakesh). This geometric motif is based on eight-pointed stars...
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