TheZawiya of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda (also spelledZawiya of Sidi Tawdi ibn Suda) is azawiya (religious complex) and mosque inFes el-Bali, the oldmedina ofFes,Morocco. It is named afterMuḥammad al-Tāwdī Ibn al-Ṭālib Ibn Sūda al-Murrī (died 1795), an 18th-centurySufisheikh who is considered by some to be one of the foremost intellectuals and Muslim scholars of Morocco's history.[1]: 420 [2]
The zawiya is located off Zqaq Bghal street in the Souk Ben Safi neighbourhood.[3] It consists mainly of a mosque, which includes a prayer hall with an inner courtyard (sahn), anablutions house, and aminaret. The tomb of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda is located along theqibla wall (southeastern wall), marked by a wooden cenotaph.[3] The mosque'smihrab is decorated with carved and paintedstucco and is flanked on one side by two Arabic inscriptions onzellij tiles.[3] The minaret's main shaft is 20.3 meters tall, while its secondary shaft or lantern is 4.3 meters tall.[3]
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