Zawiya of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda

The Zawiya of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda (also spelled Zawiya of Sidi Tawdi ibn Suda) is a zawiya (religious complex) and mosque in Fes el-Bali, the old medina of Fes, Morocco. It is named after Muḥammad al-Tāwdī Ibn al-Ṭālib Ibn Sūda al-Murrī (died 1795), an 18th-century Sufi sheikh 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), an ablutions house, and a minaret. The tomb of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda is located along the qibla wall (southeastern wall), marked by a wooden cenotaph.^[3] The mosque's mihrab is decorated with carved and painted stucco and is flanked on one side by two Arabic inscriptions on zellij 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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34°03′45″N 4°58′32.5″W / 34.06250°N 4.975694°W / 34.06250; -4.975694

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