List of mosques in Cairo
Cairo holds one of the greatest concentrations of historical monuments of Islamic architecture in the world, and includes mosques and Islamic religious complexes from diverse historical periods. Many buildings were primarily designated as madrasas, khanqahs or even mausoleums rather than mosques, but have nonetheless served as places of worship or prayer at some time or another, if not today.[1]
Rashidunids
Name | Images | Year | Neighborhood | Remarks |
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Mosque of Amr ibn al-As | 642 | Fustat 30°0′36.50″N 31°13′59.38″E / 30.0101389°N 31.2331611°E / 30.0101389; 31.2331611 | The oldest mosque in Africa. (Although the building has been rebuilt and modified many times after its foundation.) |
Abbasids
Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
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Mosque of Ibn Tulun | 884 | Sayeda Zainab 30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E / 30.02889°N 31.24944°E / 30.02889; 31.24944 | The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area |
Fatimids
Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
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Al-Azhar Mosque | 969 | El-Hussein 30°02′45″N 31°15′46″E / 30.0457°N 31.2627°E / 30.0457; 31.2627 | National mosque | |
Al-Hakim Mosque | 1013 | |||
Lulua Mosque | 1015 | |||
Juyushi Mosque | 1085 | |||
Al-Hussein Mosque | 1154 | El-Hussein 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E / 30.04778°N 31.26306°E / 30.04778; 31.26306 | ||
Aqmar Mosque | 1125 | |||
Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya | 1133 | al-Khalifa | ||
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque | 1160 |
Mamluks
Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty
Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
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Demerdash Mosque | 1523 | |||
Sulayman Pasha Mosque | 1528 | |||
Mosque of Mahmud Pasha (al-Mahmudiyya) | 1567 | |||
Sinan Pasha Mosque | 1571 | |||
Al-Burdayni Mosque | 1629 | |||
Mosque of Abu Dahab | 1774 | El-Hussein | ||
Mosque of Muhammad Ali | 1830 | |||
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar | 1839 | |||
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque | 1887 (present building) | Sayeda Zainab | ||
Sayeda Aisha Mosque | 1895 (present building) | al-Khalifa | ||
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque | 1897 (present building) | al-Khalifa | ||
Al-Rifa'i Mosque | 1911 |
Modern
Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
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Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque | ||||
Al-Fath Mosque |
See also
- List of buildings in Cairo
- List of mosques in Egypt
- List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt#Diocese of Coptic Cairo
- List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt#Dioceses of Cairo and Giza
References
Cited:
General:
- Behrens-Absouseif, Doris (1989). Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction. Leiden, the Netherlands: E.J. Brill.
- O'Kane, Bernard (2016). The Mosques of Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.
- Williams, Caroline (2018). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (7th ed.). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.
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Greater Cairo
- Abu al-'Ila Mosque
- Al-Ashraf Mosque
- Al-Azhar Mosque
- Al-Burdayni Mosque
- Al-Fath Mosque
- Al-Hakim Mosque
- Al-Hussein Mosque
- Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
- Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
- Al-Nour Mosque
- Al-Rahman al-Rahim Mosque
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque
- Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque
- Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
- Al-Sayyidah Zainab Mosque
- Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque
- Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque
- Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
- Aqmar Mosque
- Aqsunqur Mosque
- Demerdash Mosque
- Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center
- Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
- Ibn Tulun Mosque
- Jami al-Qarafa Mosque
- Juyushi Mosque
- Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq
- Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay
- Khayrbak Mosque
- Lulua Mosque
- Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque
- Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish
- Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
- Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab
- Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
- Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
- Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar
- Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi
- Mosque of Muhammad Ali
- Mosque of Qani-Bay
- Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi
- Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh)
- Mosque of Sinan Pasha
- Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
- Mosque of Taghribirdi
- Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
- Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
- Qalawun Mosque
- Qaytbay Mosque
- Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque
- Sayeda Aisha Mosque
- Sulayman Pasha Mosque
- Sultan al-Ghuri Complex
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