Editing Marrakesh (section)

===Tombs===
[[File:Saadian Tombs (5038944236) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Saadian Tombs]]]]
One of the most famous funerary monuments in the city is the [[Saadian Tombs]], which were built in the 16th century as a royal necropolis for the Saadian Dynasty. It is located next to the south wall of the Kasbah Mosque. The necropolis contains the tombs of many Saadian rulers including [[Mohammed al-Shaykh|Muhammad al-Shaykh]], Abdallah al-Ghalib, and [[Ahmad al-Mansur]], as well as various family members and later sultans.{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=184–247}} It consists of two main structures, each with several rooms, standing within a garden enclosure. The most important graves are marked by horizontal tombstones of finely carved marble, while others are merely covered in colorful ''[[zellij]]'' tiles. Al-Mansur's mausoleum chamber is especially rich in decoration, with a roof of carved and painted cedar wood supported on twelve columns of [[carrara marble]], and with walls decorated with [[Islamic geometric patterns|geometric patterns]] in ''zellij'' tilework and [[Arabesque|vegetal motifs]] in carved [[stucco]]. The chamber next to it, originally a prayer room equipped with a ''[[mihrab]]'', was later repurposed as a mausoleum for members of the [[Alawi dynasty]].{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=184–247}}{{Sfn|Bloom|Blair|2009|p=189}}

The city also holds the tombs of many Sufi figures. Of these, there are [[Seven Saints of Marrakesh|seven patron saints of the city]], which are visited every year by pilgrims during the seven-day ''[[Ziyarat|ziyara]]'' pilgrimage. During this time, pilgrims visit the tombs in the following order: [[Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali Sanhaji]], [[Qadi Ayyad|Sidi al-Qadi Iyyad al-Yahsubi]], [[Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti|Sidi Bel Abbas]], [[Muhammad al-Jazuli|Sidi Mohamed ibn Sulayman al-Jazouli]], [[Abdelaziz al-Tebaa|Sidi Abdellaziz Tabba'a]], [[Abdallah al-Ghazwani|Sidi Abdellah al-Ghazwani]], and lastly, [[Al-Suhayli|Sidi Abderrahman al-Suhayli]].<ref name="dar-sirr.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dar-sirr.com/Patron_Saints_of_Marrakech.html|title=The Patron Saints of Marrakech|publisher=Dar Sirr|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051258/http://www.dar-sirr.com/Patron_Saints_of_Marrakech.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=574}} Many of these mausoleums also serve as the focus of their own [[Zawiya (institution)|zawiyas]] ([[Sufism|Sufi]] religious complexes with mosques), including: the [[Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes|Zawiya and mosque of Sidi Bel Abbes]] (the most important of them),{{sfn|VorheesEdsall|2005|p=285}} the [[Zawiya of Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli|Zawiya of al-Jazuli]], the [[Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz|Zawiya of Sidi Abdellaziz]], the Zawiya of [[Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali Sanhaji|Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali]], and the Zawiya of [[Abdallah al-Ghazwani|Sidi al-Ghazwani]] (also known as Moulay el-Ksour).{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|pp=107–109}}