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Creation Year
January 1963
Image ID
D.005
Alternate Identifier
B04.005
Subcollection
D: North Africa
Abstract
Geometric and vegetal patterns adorning a wall in the mausoleum of Sidi Sahib. -MA
Description
The Sidi Sahib complex is named after and "built in memory of a companion of the Prophet, Abu Zama'a al-Balawi, who died in combat in the year AH 34 (AD 654)." Abu Zama'a, whose mausoleum lies within the complex, was "known affectionately as Sidi Sahbi and considered to be the patron of the town ... His mausoleum is the one most visited by the Tunisians, who flock there during the Festival of Mulud to commemorate the birth of the Prophet." In this picture, we can see the northwestern corner of the courtyard that precedes the entrance to the mausoleum and its elegant Hispano-Moorish minaret. -MA
References
Zangar, Saloua. "Sidi Sahib Zawiya and Madrasa" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2017. 2017. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;tn;Mon01;10;en
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.04.005. Notes written on the slide or index: Zaouiat Sidi Sahab.
Curator Notes
Legacy Subcollection: "D: Kairouan"
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kairouan, Tunisia
Keywords
Stucco, Seventeenth Century, Ottoman
Rights Statement
