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The Grand Mosque is traditionally said to be the oldest mosque in Algiers. The pulpit (minbar) bears an inscription showing that the building existed in 1018. The minaret was built by Abu Tachfin, sultan of Tlemcen, in 1324. The interior of the mosque is square and is divided into aisles by columns joined by Moorish arches. Moorish=The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish.