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

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

Name	Year	District	Remarks
Al-Azhar Mosque	969	El-Hussein 30°02′45″N 31°15′46″E / 30.0457°N 31.2627°E / 30.0457; 31.2627	National mosque
Al-Hakim Mosque	1013
Lulua Mosque	1015
Juyushi Mosque	1085
Al-Hussein Mosque	1154	El-Hussein 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E / 30.04778°N 31.26306°E / 30.04778; 31.26306
Aqmar Mosque	1125
Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya	1133	al-Khalifa
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque	1160

Mamluks

Name	Year	District
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	Year	District
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

References

Cited:

^ 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.

[ReferenceA-1] Williams 2018

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