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]

Cairo skyline featuring numerous minarets.

Rashidunids

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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

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Name Images Year District Remarks
Mosque of Ibn Tulun   884 The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area

Fatimids

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Name Images Year District Remarks
Al-Azhar Mosque   969 National mosque
Al-Hakim Mosque   1013
Lulua Mosque   1015
Juyushi Mosque   1085
Al-Hussein Mosque   1154
Aqmar Mosque   1125
Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya   1133
al-Khalifa
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque   1160

Mamluks

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Name Images Year District Remarks
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars   1269
al-Husayniya
Qalawun Mosque   1284-1285
Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad   1303
Khanqah of Baybars (II) al-Jashankir   1310
al-Gamaliyya
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
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
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

Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty

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Name Images Year District Remarks
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

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Name Images Year District Remarks
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque  
Al-Fath Mosque  

See also

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References

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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.