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List of mosques in Egypt

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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
Sadat Quraish Mosque
Bilbeis
30°25′5.45″N 31°33′48.15″E / 30.4181806°N 31.5633750°E / 30.4181806; 31.5633750
639 Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
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
Al-Burdayni Mosque
1629
Al-Fath Mosque
1990
Al-Ghuri Mosque
1503
Al-Hakim Mosque
1013
Al-Hussein Mosque
1154
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque
1665
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
1567
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
1334
Al-Nour Mosque
1970s[2]
Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque
2016
Al-Rifa'i Mosque
1911
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque
1160
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
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 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.
Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
1969
Mosque-Madrasah of Sanjar al-Jawli
1303
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque
1277 Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa.
Juyushi Mosque
1085
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq
Cairo 1411
Khayrbak Mosque
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
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
1848 Most visible site in the city
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi
1413
Mosque of Qani-Bay
1503
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque
13th century Renovated in 1975 and in 2005.
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
1839
Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad
1410
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
1269
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
1386
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
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.
Qalawun Mosque
1304
Qaytbay Mosque
1472
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
1993
Sayeda Aisha Mosque
14th century
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque
1547
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
1349
Sulayman Pasha Mosque
1528
Sidi Arif Mosque
1968
Sidi Bishr Mosque
late 19th century
Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque
1948
Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana
1684-1685

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ^ «مسجد النور» أنشأه السادات وضمه مبارك لـ«الأوقاف».. و«سلامة» يحاول استعادته بـ«القضاء». Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved January 11, 2018.