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]
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| Mosque of Amr ibn al-As |  |
642 | The oldest mosque in Africa. (Although the building has been rebuilt and modified many times after its foundation.) |
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| Mosque of Ibn Tulun | 884 | Sayeda Zainab 30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E |
The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area |
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| Al-Azhar Mosque | 969 | El-Hussein 30.0457°N 31.2627°E / 30.0457; 31.2627 |
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| Al-Hakim Mosque | 1013 | |||
| Lulua Mosque | 1015 | |||
| Juyushi Mosque | 1085 | |||
| Al-Hussein Mosque | 1154 | El-Hussein 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E |
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| Aqmar Mosque | 1125 | |||
| Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya | 1133 | al-Khalifa |
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| Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque | 1160 |
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| Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars | 1269 | al-Husayniya |
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| Qalawun Mosque | 1284-1285 | |||
| Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad | 1303 | |||
| Khanqah of Baybars (II) al-Jashankir | 1310 | al-Gamaliyya |
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| Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di | 1321 | |||
| Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque | 1334 | |||
| Mosque of Amir al-Maridani | 1339 | |||
| Aqsunqur Mosque | 1347 | |||
| Shaykhu Mosque | 1349 | |||
| Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish | 1356 | Sayeda Zainab |
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| Mosque of Sultan Hassan | 1362 | |||
| Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban | 1368-69 | |||
| Mosque of Sultan Barquq | 1386 | |||
| Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi | 1395 | |||
| Mosque of Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar | 1407 | |||
| Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq | 1411 | |||
| Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi | 1413 | |||
| Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad | 1420 | |||
| Mosque-Madrasa of al-Ashraf Barsbay | 1424 | al-Muizz street |
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| Khanqah-Mausoleum of al-Ashraf Barsbay | 1432 | |||
| Mosque of Taghribardi | 1440 | |||
| Mosque-Mausoleum complex of al-Ashraf Qaytbay | 1472 | |||
| Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque | 1481 | |||
| Khayrbak Mosque | 1502 | |||
| Mosque of Qani-Bay | 1503 | |||
| Al-Ghuri Mosque | 1503 | El-Hussein 30°2′45.78″N 31°15′35.57″E |
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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 |
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| Mosque of Muhammad Ali | 1830 | |||
| Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar | 1839 | |||
| Sayyidah Zainab Mosque | 1887 (present building) | Sayeda Zainab |
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| Sayeda Aisha Mosque | 1895 (present building) | al-Khalifa |
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| Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque | 1897 (present building) | al-Khalifa |
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| Al-Rifa'i Mosque | 1911 |
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| Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque | ||||
| Al-Fath Mosque |
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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.