List of mosques in Cairo
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Cairo has always been known as the City of a Thousand Minarets due to the large amount of mosques, and its well known reputation of a beautiful skyline of minarets that can be seen from any high roof. This is a list of Mosques in Cairo from different dynastic periods.

Fatimids

  • Al-Azhar Mosque
    Al-Azhar Mosque
    Al-Azhar Mosque is a mosque in Islamic Cairo in Egypt. Al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh of the Fatimid Caliphate commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to allude to the Islamic prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, a revered figure in Islam...

  • Aqmar Mosque
    Aqmar Mosque
    The Aqmar Mosque is one of the few remaining mosques in Cairo, Egypt that have been built in the Fatimid era under vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi during the caliphate of Imam al-Amir, son of Mustansir. The mosque is located along north Muizz Street, with several significant monuments located next to...

  • Al-Hakim Mosque
    Al-Hakim Mosque
    The al-Hakim Mosque is a major Islamic religious site in Cairo, Egypt. It is located in "Islamic Cairo", on the east side of Muizz Street, just south of Bab Al-Futuh...

  • Al-Hussein Mosque
  • Juyushi Mosque
    Juyushi Mosque
    The Juyushi Mosque was built in Imam Mustansir era under Badr al-Jamali in 1085 AD. This is one of historical mosque of Egypt of Fatimid Caliphate era....

  • Lulua Mosque
    Lulua Mosque
    The Lulua Mosque is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt, that was built in 1015-16 AD. It is thought that it was constructed during the reign of al-Hakim. The mosque partially collapsed in 1919, but was later rebuilt by the Dawoodi Bohra....

  • Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque
  • Mosque-Mausoleum Zaynab
  • Sayyidah Ruqayya Mashhad
  • Sayyeda Nafisa Mosque

Mamluks

  • Aqsunqur Mosque
  • Madrasa of Sarghatmish
    Madrasa of Sarghatmish
    The cruciform Madrasah of the Amir Sarghatmish, built in the year 1356, lies to the northeast of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun outside Cairo proper, in Medieval Cairo. The building's school, mosque, and mausoleum can be seen from Ibn Tulun's Spiral Minaret, while its entrance is on Saliba Street. This...

  • Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
    Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
    The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad is a Mosque in Cairo, Egypt next to Bab Zuwayla built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh from whom it takes its name. Construction began in 1415 and the mosque was completed in 1421. The complex included a Friday mosque and a madrasa for four madhhabs...

  • Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
    Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
    The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive Mamluk era mosque and madrassa located near the Citadel in Cairo. Its construction began 757 AH/1356 CE with work ending three years later "without even a single day of idleness". At the time of construction the mosque was considered remarkable for...

  • Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
  • Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad
    Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad
    The Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad is a madrassa and mausoleum located in the Bayn al-Qasrayn region of Cairo, Egypt. It was built in the name of the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, but its construction began in 1296 under the reign of Sultan Al-Adil Kitbugha, who was sultan in between...

  • Ahmed al-Mihmandar complex
  • Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli
    Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli
    Near the Ibn Tulun Mosque, on the Saliba Street, in Medieval Cairo, lies the tomb of the Amirs Seif El-Deen Salar and Alam El-Din Sangar El-Gawli.The structure has various noteworthy features. The ones that most catches the eye are the two juxtaposed jelly-mold domes over the tomb chambers of Salar...

  • Emir Qurqumas complex
    Emir Qurqumas complex
    The Emir Qurqumas Complex is located in Medieval Cairo, Egypt, in the City of the dead. It is one of the largest mausoleums in Cairo.-Overview:...

  • Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex
    Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex
    The Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex was built between the years 1503 and 1505. This huge complex consists of a Khanqah, Mausoleum, Sabil-Kuttab, Mosque and Madrasa and is located at the Fahhamin Quarter, al Mu'izz li-Din Allah street in Cairo, Egypt...

  • Sultan Barquq Mosque
  • Ashraf Barsbay school
  • Sheikh Mutahar mosque
  • Fakahani Mosque
  • Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
    Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
    The Mosque of Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE, is a mosque from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, Egypt. Located just outside of the Bab Zuweila, it was built on the outskirts of medieval Cairo by Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani, with significant help from Sultan al-Nasir...

  • Mosque of Aytmush
  • Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay
  • Sultan al-Ashraf Inal
  • Al-Ishaqi Mosque
  • The Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
  • Taghri Bardi mosque
  • Mosque of Ilgay al-Yusufi
  • Madrassa of Qanibey Emir Akhur
  • Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
    Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
    -History:Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari was an influential leader and established a strong foundation for the Mamluk rule in Egypt. He was a successful statesman and warrior, united Syria and the Hijaz with Egypt, conquered important lands from Crusdaders, raided Little Armenia, and...


Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty

  • Abu el Dahab Mosque
  • Sulayman Pasha al-Khadim Mosque
  • Mosque of Muhammad Ali
    Mosque of Muhammad Ali
    The Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha or Alabaster Mosque is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848....

  • Al-Rifa'i Mosque
  • Suleyman Agha Selihdar complex
  • Mosque of Yusuf Agha al-Hin
  • The Mosque of al-Burdayni
  • Mosque of Mahmud Pasha
  • Khekia Mosque
  • Mosque of Sayyida Aisha
  • Mosque of Ali el-Mutahhir

Modern

  • Mustafa Mahmoud mosque
  • Mosque of Hamdiya Shazliya
  • Al-Nour mosque
  • Al-Rahman mosque
  • Rab'a Al-Adaweya mosque
  • Qowat Mosalaha mosque
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