Zawiya of Sidi Sahib

[4] According to tradition, Abu Zama'a al-Balawi (also known as Sidi Sahib), the barber and a Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was buried here in 654 after dying in battle.

[3][2] Hammuda Pasha (d.1666), the Bey of Tunis and a member of the Muradid dynasty, began a major restoration and expansion of the mausoleum in 1629.

[3] Another Muradid bey, Muhammad ibn Murad (r. 1675–1696), sponsored the renovation of the mausoleum's dome between 1681 and 1685[1] and the addition of a minaret and a madrasa between 1690 and 1695.

These tiles, produced in the eponymous district of Tunis, are painted with vases, plants, and arches in predominantly blue, green, and ochre-like yellow colours.

[4] On the left of this gate is the warehouse, which was used to house the zawiya's possessions and supplies, provided for by its habus (waqf) endowment.

One of the courtyards leads to a small hypostyle prayer hall composed of two naves (aisles divided by columns).

[4] From the gate in the outer courtyard, the mausoleum is reached via a bent entrance leading to a corridor that is open to the sky in the middle and flanked by covered porticos on either side.