The Mausoleum of Sidi Harazem (during restoration works in 2014)
The mausoleum, as seen amidst the Bab Ftouh Cemetery (in 2014)

The Marabout or Mausoleum of Sidi Harazem is a funerary monument and shrine in Fez, Morocco.[1] It is located in the Bab Ftouh Cemetery, one of the city's largest historic cemeteries. It contains the tomb of Sidi 'Ali ibn Harazem (also spelled Harazim or Harzihim), a 12th-century Sufi mystic who died in 1164–65.[2][3]

His mausoleum, marked by a green pyramidal roof, is the most prominent structure of the cemetery, one section of which is named after him.[2][4] The founder of the Alaouite dynasty, Moulay Rashid, was buried here in the 17th century.[3] The current structure was built (or rebuilt) by Sultan Mohammed ibn Abdallah in the late 18th century.[3] The tomb of Sidi Harazem is still the subject of a popular moussem (religious festival) every spring and his tomb was historically involved in other popular religious rituals and events.[2][4] The mausoleum was recently restored in the mid-2010s by the local conservation agency ADER-Fès.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Maslow, Boris (1937). Les mosquées de Fès et du nord du Maroc. Paris: Éditions d'art et d'histoire. pp. 148–151.
  2. ^ a b c Le Tourneau, Roger (1949). Fès avant le protectorat: étude économique et sociale d'une ville de l'occident musulman. Casablanca: Société Marocaine de Librairie et d'Édition.
  3. ^ a b c Michaux-Bellaire, Édouard; Péretié, A. (December 1911). "Les Marabouts (2)". Revue du monde musulman. 16 (12): 138.
  4. ^ a b The Rough Guide to Morocco (11th ed.). Rough Guides. 2016.
  5. ^ "La magnifique rénovation des 27 monuments de Fès – Conseil Régional du Tourisme (CRT) de Fès" (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-16.

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