view of Great Mosque, Tinmal, Morocco
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B.O'Kane / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
PB9729File size:
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3515 x 5239 px | 29.8 x 44.4 cm | 11.7 x 17.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 November 2017Location:
Tinmel, TALAT NYAKOUB? MoroccoMore information:
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The Great Mosque of Tinmal was constructed by Almohad sovereign 'Abd al-Mu'min (reg. 1130-1163) in 1153/547 AH. It is located in the village of Tinmal, a small settlement in the Atlas Mountains approximately 75 kilometers south-southeast of Marrakech. During the rule of the Almohads between 1130 and 1269, Tinmal was the spiritual capital of Morocco and the site of religious pilgrimages, as it was the home of religious leader Ibn Tumart during his later years when he founded the Almohad sect. This building was erected during the break between the construction of the first and second Kutubiyya Mosques in Marrakech (also commissioned by al-Mu'min), and consequently it is similar to those mosques in plan and ornamentation.