Dar Al Quran ( Arabic: دار القرآن) is one of the oldest and most famous houses of the

medina of Sfax The Sfax medina is the medina quarter of the Tunisian city of Sfax. It was built by Aghlabid prince Abu Abbass Muhammad between 849 and 851. The medina is home to about 113,000 residents, and is dominated by the Great Mosque of Sfax. On 12 Februa ...

. It is the headquarters of the association of Quran and morals preservation.

History

Initially, it belonged to one of Sfax's famous poets and scientists, Ibrahim Kharrat (1738-1836), who later donated it and turned it into a

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

to teach quran. Later, the building was seriously damaged, which made Hadj Khalifa Ben Ahmed Tarari Ferjani donate money to restore it during the

French protectorate of Tunisia The French protectorate of Tunisia (french: Protectorat français de Tunisie; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في تونس '), commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was established in 1881, during the French colonial Empire era, ...

period. Apart from repairing the structural damage, he introduced new teaching methods and modern courses into the program of the mausoleum. In 1998, Dar Al Quran was restored for a second time by the Tunisian Ministry of Religious Affairs, and opened its doors to visitors in 2000.

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