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List of mosques in Cairo

August 19, 2023

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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]

Cairo skyline featuring numerous minarets.

Rashidunids

Name Images Year Neighborhood Remarks
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
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

Mamluks

Name Images Year District Remarks
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars   1269
al-Husayniya
Qalawun Mosque   1284-1285
Bayn al-Qasrayn
Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad   1303
Bayn al-Qasrayn
Khanqah of Baybars (II) al-Jashankir   1310
al-Gamaliyya
Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di   1321
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque   1334
Cairo Citadel
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani   1339
El-Darb El-Ahmar
30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Aqsunqur Mosque   1347
El-Darb El-Ahmar
30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Shaykhu Mosque   1349
Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish   1356
Sayeda Zainab
Mosque of Sultan Hassan   1362
Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban   1368-69
Al-Darb al-Ahmar
Mosque of Sultan Barquq   1386
Bayn al-Qasrayn
Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi   1395
Mosque of Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar   1407
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq   1411
Northern Cemetery
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi   1413
Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad   1420
Mosque-Madrasa of al-Ashraf Barsbay   1424
al-Muizz street
Khanqah-Mausoleum of al-Ashraf Barsbay   1432
Northern Cemetery
Mosque of Taghribardi   1440
Mosque-Mausoleum complex of al-Ashraf Qaytbay   1472
Northern Cemetery
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque   1481
El-Darb El-Ahmar
30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Khayrbak Mosque   1502
El-Darb El-Ahmar
30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Mosque of Qani-Bay   1503
Al-Ghuri Mosque   1503
El-Hussein
30°2′45.78″N 31°15′35.57″E / 30.0460500°N 31.2598806°E / 30.0460500; 31.2598806

Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty

Name Images Year District Remarks
Demerdash Mosque   1523
Sulayman Pasha Mosque   1528
Cairo Citadel
Mosque of Mahmud Pasha (al-Mahmudiyya)   1567
Sinan Pasha Mosque   1571
Bulaq
Al-Burdayni Mosque   1629
Mosque of Abu Dahab   1774
El-Hussein
Mosque of Muhammad Ali   1830
Cairo Citadel
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
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque  
Al-Fath Mosque  

See also

References

Cited:

  1. ^ Williams 2018

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.

August 19, 2023
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