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Located
at
the
entrance
to
the
medina,
it
was
erected
by
the
Aghlabid
ruler
Aboul
Abbas
I,
nearly
thirty
years
after
the
construction
of
the
ribat
of
Sousse.
This
mosque
is
emblematic
of
a
city
which,
a
few
years
after
the
reign
of
Ziadet-Allah
I,
became
the
second
city
of
Ifriqiya
and
the
Sahel.
Subsequently,
the
building
was
enlarged
during
the
reign
of
Ibrahim
II.
The
mosque,
of
rectangular
plan,
is
composed
of
a
courtyard
with
porticoes
on
which
the
prayer
hall
opens.
Two
towers,
surmounted
by
domed
aedicules,
occupy
the
northeast
and
southeast
corners
of
the
courtyard;
the
northeast
one
is
accessible
by
a
staircase
from
the
courtyard.
The
upper
area
of
the
porticoes
is
decorated
with
a
Kufic
inscription
with
slanted
letters,
inscribed
in
a
basin-shaped
band.
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