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Tomb / Shrine

Great Mosque of Paris Burial Enclosure

Who rests here

Scholar · died 1373 AH · Paris

Born in 1868 into a distinguished Andalusian family from the Tlemcen region of Algeria, Si Kaddour Benghabrit studied at the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. He was the founder and first rector of the Great Mosque of Paris (completed 1926), organising the pilgrimage and institutional affairs of France's Muslims.

Full biography of Si Kaddour Benghabrit →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Paris

Coordinates: 48.84240, 2.35460

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000615 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.