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Zawiya & Mausoleum of Sidi Bou Said

Who rests here

Saints · died 628 AH · Sidi Bou Said

Sidi Bou Said (Abu Said Khalaf ibn Yahya al-Tamimi al-Baji, c. 1156-1231), an Arab Tunisian saint and Sufi scholar born in Beja. A disciple of Abu Madyan, known as the teacher of Abu'l-Hasan ash-Shadhili. He retired to a ribat on Mount El Manar overlooking the Gulf of Tunis; the town around his shrine bears his name.

Full biography of Sidi Bou Said (Abu Said al-Baji) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Sidi Bou Said

Coordinates: 36.87110, 10.34860

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000259 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.