Mosque of the Three Doors
The Mosque of the Three Doors or Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun is a mosque located in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia. Commissioned in 866 during the Aghlabid era by Muhammad ibn Khairun, a private local patron, the mosque is notable for being one of the earliest occurrences of a richly decorated external façade in Islamic architecture.
- Sunni mosque
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
- Description: mosque in Tunisia
- Address: القيروان
- Also known as“Mosque of Muhammad ibn Khairun”“Three Doors Mosque”
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Al Bey Mosque
The Al Bey Mosque is a mosque located in the medina of Kairouan, Tunisia.
240 metres southwest of Mosque of the Three Doors
Mosque al Malik (King mosque)
280 metres west of Mosque of the Three Doors
El Lawlib Mosque
230 metres southwest of Mosque of the Three Doors
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kairouan.
Mosque of the Three Doors
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Latitude
35.67733° or 35° 40′ 38″ north
Longitude
10.10275° or 10° 6′ 10″ east
Open location code
8F7GM4G3+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = yes
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination = sunni
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mosque of the Three Doors” goes by many names.
مسجد ابن خيرونArabic
مسجد الثلاثة أبوابArabic
Hiru Ateetako meskitaBasque
তিন দরজার মসজিদBengali
Mesquita de les Tres PortesCatalan
三門清真寺Chinese
مسجد محمد بن خيرونEgyptian Arabic
Мечеть Трёх ДверейRussian
Mošeja Treh vratSlovenian
Üç Kapılı CamiiTurkish
مسجد ابن خیرونUrdu
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