Safir Mosque ( or ) is an old mosque in the city of
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
,
Algeria. It is located inside the
UNESCO World Heritage inscribed
medina quarter Casbah of Algiers
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. The design follows the
Ottoman architectural style.
Etymology
The mosque was initially called as Jami Caid Safar bin Abdullah, but later it was renamed to Safir Mosque or Jami Safir after around 18th century. Safir of the name is considered as Safar bin Abdullah. Safar was originally a Christian slave who converted to Islam, learned Arabic and
memorized the entire Qur'an; then freed and promoted general by
Hayreddin Barbarossa.
History
The mosque was completed in 1534, in the place few meters away from the Mosque-Zawiya of Sidi Muhammad Sharif. The mosque was constructed on a land where was newly included into the medina after the establishment of new city walls in order to expand the quarter. The construction date is recorded in the book available in the mosque; the groundbreaking was in
Rajab of 940 AH, and the completion is the second of
Rabi' al-awwal in 941 AH, roughly equal to the 11 of September in 1534, which means the construction took nine months.
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Notable Imams
File:Mufti of Algiers Mohamed Charef محمد شارف الجزائري.jpg, Mohamed Charef
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(1908-2011)
File:إبراهيم بوسحاقي.jpg, Brahim Boushaki (1912-1997)
See also
* Algerian Islamic reference
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* Hizb Rateb
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Presentation
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(Hezzab
The Hezzab ( ar, حَزَّاب) is the hafiz or qāriʾ supervising or participating in the Hizb Rateb in mosques and zawiyas in Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affai ...
, Bash Hezzab
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, Salka
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History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1156.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude ...
)
* Lists of mosques
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* List of mosques in Africa
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* List of mosques in Algeria
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References
{{Mosques in Algeria
16th-century mosques
Casbah of Algiers
Ottoman mosques