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    The Grand Mosque of Meknes is the historic main mosque (Friday mosque) of the old city (medina) of Meknes, Morocco. It is the largest and most important...
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    population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic hub in the region of Fès-Meknès. Meknes is named...
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    Anaza (category Mosque architecture)
    similar example is also found in the Grand Mosque of Meknes but was built much later in 1715 (during the reign of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Ismail). Some...
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    campaign of conquest. Between 1244 and 1248 the Marinids were able to take Taza, Rabat, Salé, Meknes and Fez from the weakened Almohads. Meknes was captured...
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    one of several madrasas in the area around the nearby Grand Mosque of Meknes, the city's main mosque where teaching also took place. The two other main madrasas...
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    lalla 'awda) is a large historic mosque in Meknes, Morocco. It was originally the mosque of the Marinid kasbah (citadel) of the city, built in 1276, but was...
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    Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (category Populated places in Meknès Prefecture)
    of World Heritage Sites. The town is currently in the Fès-Meknès region. From 1997 to 2015 it was in Meknès-Tafilalet.[citation needed] The ruins of the...
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    governed Meknes. Upon Rashid's death in 1672, Moulay Isma'il became sultan and chose Meknes as his capital. As sultan, Isma'il's 55-year reign was one of longest...
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    a list of mosques in Morocco. According to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in 2016, there are around 41,755 mosques in Morocco, of which 16...
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    Supervision of the mosque's construction was delegated to a man named Abu Abdallah ibn Abd al-Karim el-Jadudi and to the governor of Meknes, Abu Ali ibn...
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