Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani Zawiya
Fes, Morocco

The Zawiya of Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani contains the tomb of an 18th c. Sufi Shaykh, founder of the Tijaniyya order. The Zawiya presents a street façade highly ornamented with carved wood, stucco and glazed tile.

Sources:

Godlas, Alan. "The Tijaniya." 2001. Sufism, Sufis, Sufi Orders Website. http://www.uga.edu/islam/sufismorders.html#Tijani. [Accessed February 14, 2007]

Mouline, Said. 1993. Fes: repères de la mémoire. Rabat: Royaume du Maroc, Ministère de l'Habitat, 49.

Parker, Richard. 1981. A Practical Guide to Islamic Monuments in Morocco. Charlottesville: Baraka Press, 146.

Location

Fes, Morocco

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Style Periods

1631

Variant Names

Tijani Mosque
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Mosque of Tijani
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Site Types

funerary
religious