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[[File:Hamra mosque in Fes Jdid.jpg|thumb|The [[minaret]] of the al-Hamra Mosque, standing over the Grande Rue of [[Fes Jdid|Fes el-Jdid]].]]
The '''al-Hamra Mosque''' or '''Red Mosque''' is a [[Marinid Sultanate|Marinid]]-era mosque in [[Fez, Morocco|Fes]], [[Morocco]]. It is a local [[Jama masjid|Friday mosque]] located on the Grande Rue ("Great Street") of [[Fes Jdid|Fes el-Jdid]], the palace-city founded by the Marinid rulers.
== History and origin ==
The mosque has never been precisely dated but is known to have been built in the Marinid period.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":02"></ref><ref name="Maslow 1937"></ref> Le Tourneau suggested it was most likely built at the end of the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century.<ref name=":0" /> Marçais suggested, on the basis of its strong similarity to the [[Sidi Boumediene Mosque]] in [[Tlemcen]], that it was built by the same architect and under the same ruler as the latter, thus placing its foundation in the reign of Sultan [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman|Abu al-Hasan]], between 1331 and 1348.<ref name=":02" /> The mosque's name, ''jama' hamra''<ref name="Maslow 1937" /><ref name=":02" /> or ''jama' al-hamra''<ref name=":0" />, means either "Red Mosque" or "Mosque of the Red One". Since the form of the word ''hamra'' is [[Grammatical gender|grammatically feminine]], Le Tourneau suggested that it refers to either a red minaret or a red woman (both plausible and grammatically feminine words).<ref name=":0" /> Maslow reported that one legend attributes the mosque to an unidentified "Red Sultan", but that a more plausible legend attributes it to a "red woman" of the Banu Marin (Marinid) clan who came from the Tafilalt and devoted her fortune to building the mosque.<ref name="Maslow 1937" /> In such a case, the mosque is also known as the ''Jama' Lalla Hamra'' ("Mosque of the Red Woman").<ref name="Maslow 1937" /> In any case, the exact origin of the mosque has not been established, but its similarities to other Marinid mosques of the era is clear.
== References ==
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fez, Morocco]]
[[Category:Mosques in Morocco]]
The '''al-Hamra Mosque''' or '''Red Mosque''' is a [[Marinid Sultanate|Marinid]]-era mosque in [[Fez, Morocco|Fes]], [[Morocco]]. It is a local [[Jama masjid|Friday mosque]] located on the Grande Rue ("Great Street") of [[Fes Jdid|Fes el-Jdid]], the palace-city founded by the Marinid rulers.
== History and origin ==
The mosque has never been precisely dated but is known to have been built in the Marinid period.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":02"></ref><ref name="Maslow 1937"></ref> Le Tourneau suggested it was most likely built at the end of the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century.<ref name=":0" /> Marçais suggested, on the basis of its strong similarity to the [[Sidi Boumediene Mosque]] in [[Tlemcen]], that it was built by the same architect and under the same ruler as the latter, thus placing its foundation in the reign of Sultan [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman|Abu al-Hasan]], between 1331 and 1348.<ref name=":02" /> The mosque's name, ''jama' hamra''<ref name="Maslow 1937" /><ref name=":02" /> or ''jama' al-hamra''<ref name=":0" />, means either "Red Mosque" or "Mosque of the Red One". Since the form of the word ''hamra'' is [[Grammatical gender|grammatically feminine]], Le Tourneau suggested that it refers to either a red minaret or a red woman (both plausible and grammatically feminine words).<ref name=":0" /> Maslow reported that one legend attributes the mosque to an unidentified "Red Sultan", but that a more plausible legend attributes it to a "red woman" of the Banu Marin (Marinid) clan who came from the Tafilalt and devoted her fortune to building the mosque.<ref name="Maslow 1937" /> In such a case, the mosque is also known as the ''Jama' Lalla Hamra'' ("Mosque of the Red Woman").<ref name="Maslow 1937" /> In any case, the exact origin of the mosque has not been established, but its similarities to other Marinid mosques of the era is clear.
== References ==
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fez, Morocco]]
[[Category:Mosques in Morocco]]
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