List of mosques in Egypt
There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments.[1] This list includes notable mosques within Egypt.
Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Sadat Quraish Mosque | 639 | Oldest mosque in North Africa. | ||
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
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2019 | The biggest mosque in Egypt | ||
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque | 1285 | |||
Abu Haggag Mosque | 1286 | |||
Al-Ashraf Mosque | 1424 | |||
Al-Azhar Mosque | 969 | National mosque
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Al-Burdayni Mosque | 1629 | |||
Al-Fath Mosque | 1990 | |||
Al-Ghuri Mosque
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1503 | |||
Al-Hakim Mosque | 1013 | |||
Al-Hussein Mosque | 1154 | |||
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque
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1665 | |||
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque | 1567 | |||
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque | 1334 | |||
Al-Nour Mosque | 1970s[2] | |||
Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque
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2016 | |||
Al-Rifa'i Mosque | 1911 | |||
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque | 1160 | |||
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
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10th-12th century | |||
El-Tabia Mosque | early-19th century | |||
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque | 1407 | |||
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque | 1479-1481 | |||
Attarine Mosque | 1056 | |||
Aqmar Mosque | 1125 | |||
Aqsunqur Mosque | 1347 | |||
Demerdash Mosque | 1523 | Located next to a hospital. Entombs the remains of Sidi Demerdash, a Mamluk-era Sufi mystic. | ||
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center
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2023 | The largest mosque in Africa | ||
Nabi Daniel Mosque | 1790 | Entombs the remains of Muhammad Daniyal al-Mawsili, a scholar of the Shafi'i school of thought. Believed to be the Tomb of Daniel in local tradition, while archeologists believe this is the Tomb of Alexander the Great .
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Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque | 1969 | |||
Mosque-Madrasah of Sanjar al-Jawli
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1303 | |||
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque | 1277 | Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa .
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Juyushi Mosque | 1085 | |||
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq | Cairo | 1411 | ||
Khayrbak Mosque
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1502 | |||
Lulua Mosque | 1015-1016 | |||
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque | 1395 | |||
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab | 1774 | |||
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani | 1339 | |||
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
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641 | The second oldest mosque in Egypt. | ||
Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Damietta) | 642 | The third oldest mosque in Egypt. | ||
Mosque of Ibn Tulun | 879 | The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area | ||
Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish | 1356 | |||
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
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1848 | Most visible site in the city | ||
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi | 1413 | |||
Mosque of Qani-Bay | 1503 | |||
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque
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13th century | Renovated in 1975 and in 2005. | ||
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar | 1839 | |||
Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad
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1410 | |||
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars | 1269 | |||
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq | 1386 | |||
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
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1356 | |||
Mosque of Taghribirdi | 1440 | |||
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili | 13th century | Originally built as a Mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
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Qalawun Mosque | 1304 | |||
Qaytbay Mosque
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1472 | |||
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
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1993 | |||
Sayeda Aisha Mosque | 14th century | |||
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque | 1547 | |||
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu | 1349 | |||
Sulayman Pasha Mosque | 1528 | |||
Sidi Arif Mosque | 1968 |
See also
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References
- ^ "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ «مسجد النور» أنشأه السادات وضمه مبارك لـ«الأوقاف».. و«سلامة» يحاول استعادته بـ«القضاء». Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved January 11, 2018.