Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra () also known as the Tourbet El Bey Madrasa, is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis.Mohamed Béji Ben Mami, Madāris madīnat Tūnis min al-‘ahd al-hafsī ila al-‘ahd al-husainī, Tunis, Institut national du patrimoine, 2006
Location
The madrasa is located in Tourbet El Bey Street, next to Tourbet El Bey Mausoleum itself.
History It was built during the reign of Ali II ibn Hussein in 1777. It is considered one of the medina's biggest madrasas with more than 40 rooms.Ahmed Saadaoui, Tunis, ville ottomane : trois siècles d'urbanisme et d'architecture, Tunis, Centre de publication universitaire, 2001, 538 p. ()
Architecture The madrasa has two floors and a large hall. The 43 rooms are used to host students of Al-Zaytuna University. Also, it has a prayer room that was used for praying and teaching.
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