Al-Mahalli Mosque
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| Al-Mahalli Mosque | |
|---|---|
المسجد المحلي | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque and mausoleum |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Rosetta, Beheira Governorate |
| Country | Egypt |
  Location of the mosque in the Nile Delta | |
 Interactive map of Al-Mahalli Mosque | |
| Coordinates | 31°23′57″N 30°25′18″E / 31.39908981292799°N 30.421590495646452°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1582 |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret | 1 |
| Minaret height | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Shrine | 1: (Al-Mahali) |
Al-Mahalli Mosque (Arabic: المسجد المحلي, romanized: Masjid Al-Mahalli) is a mosque and mausoleum in Rosetta, in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. The mosque is named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex.[1]
The mosque was constructed in 1582 on the tomb of Sheikh Al-Mahali, who was buried in 1495.[2] The mosque has been restored on several occasions, earliest of which was in 1722 by the waqf;[3] and the most notable restoration was by Ali Bek Tabak, the mayor of Rosetta, during the second half of the 19th century, when he extended the mosque's size by buying two Wikala's north of the mosque and making them part of the mosque.[4] In 2019, the mosque was restored again, organized by the Egyptian government,[5] that repaired several cracks in the mosque walls, as well as fixing the sewerage system[6] as part of a plan to make Rosetta more attractractive to tourists and to create an open-air Islamic museum.[7]
