MOROCCO - 1913 February: An 1 moussonat grey postage stamp depicting Aissaouas Mosque, Tangier. The Cheikh Al Kamel Mausoleum, also known as the Mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Isa, is a zawiya (funerary and religious monument) in Meknes, Morocco. It was founded in the 16th century as the burial place of Mohammed Ben Aïssa (also known as Al-Hadi Ben Aïssa) the great saint of the city of Meknes and founder of a famous Sufi brotherhood of the 16th century, the Aissaoua. It serves as both a mausoleum and a mosque, and is located within the boundaries of a cemetery just outside the walls of the medina

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Morocco was a powerful kingdom from the 8th century, during the Middle Ages, Morocco ruled large areas of northwest Africa and Spain. By the turn of the 20th century, it had contracted to roughly its present borders and was the focus of an intense rivalry between France and Germany, who actively competed for control of the country. In 1912 most of Morocco became a French protectorate, with Spain acting as protector of zones in the extreme northern and southern parts of the country. Tangier was designated an international zone, administered by France, Spain, Britain and, later, Italy. In 1956 the three zones of Morocco, French, Spanish and Tangier, were united to form an independent nation. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 2800px × 3400px
Location: Morocco
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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