List of mosques in Cairo

This is a list of mosques in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt.

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 mausoleums, rather than mosques; yet have nonetheless served as places of worship or prayer at some time or another, if not today.^[1]

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Name	Year (CE)	Period	Neighborhood	Notes
Amr ibn al-As Mosque	642	Rashidun	Fustat 30°0′37″N 31°13′59″E	The oldest mosque in Africa; although the building has been rebuilt and modified many times after its foundation.^[2]^[3]
Mosque of Ibn Tulun	884	Abbasid	Sayeda Zainab 30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E	The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.^[4]
Al-Azhar Mosque	969	Fatimid	El-Hussein 30°02′45″N 31°15′46″E	National mosque^[5]
Jami al-Qarafa Mosque	976	Fatimid	Al-Qarafa	Founded by Al-Sayyida al-Mu'iziyya and her daughter, Sitt al-Malik^[6]
Al-Hakim Mosque	1013	Fatimid	Al-Mu'izz Street 30°03′16″N 31°15′50″E	Named in honour of al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh^[7]^[8]
Lulua Mosque	c. 1015	Fatimid	Muqattam Hills 30°01′11″N 31°16′05″E	Exact date of establishment is disputed;^[9]^[10] extensively rebuilt in 1998.
Juyushi Mosque	1085	Fatimid	Muqattam Hills 30°01′19″N 31°16′07″E	Described as a mashhad^[1]^{: 163–164}
Aqmar Mosque	c. 1126	Fatimid	Al-Mu'izz Street 30°03′06″N 31°15′43″E	An important monument of Fatimid architecture and of historic Cairo due to the exceptional decoration of its exterior façade and the innovative design of its floor plan.^[11]
Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya	1133	Fatimid	al-Khalifa 30°01′32″N 31°15′7″E	One of the few and most important Fatimid-era preserved mausoleums in Cairo^[12]
Al-Hussein Mosque	1154	Fatimid	El-Hussein 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E	One of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt, with an eclectic mix of architectural styles.^[13]
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque	1160	Fatimid	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′32″N 31°15′28″E	Named in honour of Tala'i ibn Ruzzik, and is the last major Fatimid monument to have been built and survived.^[1]^{: 124–126}^[14]
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars	1269	Mamluk	al-Husayniya 30°03′44″N 31°15′48″E	Named in honour of al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari^[15]
Qalawun Mosque	1285	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street (Bayn al-Qasrayn) 30°02′58″N 31°15′39″E	An expanisive religious complex that includes a bimaristan (hospital), madrasa, mausoleum, and mosque, built by and named in honour of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun^[1]^{: 219–224}^[16]
Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad	1303	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street (Bayn al-Qasrayn) 30°02′59″N 31°15′40″E	A madrasa and mausoleum named in honour of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawu^[1]^{: 225–226}
Khanqah of Baybars (II) al-Jashankir	1310	Mamluk	al-Gamaliyya 30°03′6″N 31°15′50″E	It is the oldest khanqah, or convent, that has survived in modern Cairo; named in honour of Baybars II^[17]
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque	1318	Mamluk	Cairo Citadel 30°01′45″N 31°15′39″E	Named in honour of Al-Nasr Muhammad^[18]^[19]
Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di	1321	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°01′59″N 31°15′14″E	Established as a madrasa and mausoleum, later repurposed as a Mevlevi Sufi takiyya, and in the 20th century, as an Islamic museum^[1]^{: 134–135}^[20]
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani	1339	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E	Built by Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani, with significant help from Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad^[21]
Aqsunqur Mosque	1347	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E	Built by Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur and named in his honour; the site contains the mausoleum of Aqsunqur and his sons^[11]
Shaykhu Mosque and Khanqah	1349	Mamluk	Al-Saleeba Street 30°01′50″N 31°15′11″E	A mosque and khanqah, completed in 1349 and 1355 respectively, founded by Sayf al-Din Shaykhu al-Nasiri, a Grand Emir.^[16]^[22]
Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish	1356	Mamluk	Al-Saleeba Street 30°01′49″N 31°15′05″E	A madrasa, mosque, and mausoleum founded by Sayf al-Din Sarghatmish al-Nasiri.^[16]^[23]
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan	1362	Mamluk	Salah al-Din Square 30°01′57″N 31°15′25″E	Also known as the Mosque of Sultan Hassan^[4]^{: 125–129}
Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban	1369	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′14″N 31°15′34″E	Built by Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban in honour of his mother, Khawand Baraka^[1]
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq	1386	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street (Bayn al-Qasrayn) 30°03′1″N 31°15′41″E	Founded by Sultan al-Zahir Barquq and comprises a mosque, madrasa, mausoleum, and khanqah^[24]^[25]
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque	1395	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′28″N 31°15′27″E	Founded by Mahmud al-Kurdi^[1]
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque	1407	Mamluk	Al-Tambakshiya Street 30°03′03″N 31°15′48″E	Founded by Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq	1411	Mamluk	Northern Cemetery 30°02′57″N 31°16′44″E	Founded by an-Nasir Faraj ibn Barquq, considered one of Cairo's finest Mamluk architecture buildings^[16]^{: 231–237}^[1]^{: 281–283}
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi	1413	Mamluk	Al-Saleeba Street 30°01′51″N 31°15′15″E	Founded by Qanibay al-Muhammadi^[26]
Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad	1421	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street 30°02′35″N 31°15′27″E	Founded by Al-Mu'ayyad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh and comprises a mosque and madrasa^[16]^[27]
Al Ashraf Mosque	1424	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street 30°02′51″N 31°15′28″E	Founded by Sultan Al-Ashraf Al-Barsbay and comprises a mosque, madrasa, mausoleum, and khanaqah^[28]^{: 215–217}
Khanqah-Mausoleum of al-Ashraf Barsbay	1432	Mamluk	Northern Cemetery 30°2′51″N 31°16′38″E	Founded by Sultan Al-Ashraf Al-Barsbay and comprises a mausoleum, khanqah and mosque^[29]
Mosque of Taghribardi	1440	Mamluk	Al-Saleeba Street 30°01′50″N 31°15′05″E	Founded by Amir Taghribird and comprises a mosque, madrasa, and khanaqah^[30]
Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay	1472	Mamluk	Northern Cemetery 30°02′38″N 31°16′30″E	Founded by al-Ashraf Qaytbay and comprises a mosque, former madrasa, mausoleum and residential structures, that is featured on the E£1 banknote^[31]^: 244
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque	1481	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E	Founded by Sayf al-Din Qijmas al-Ishaqi; also known as the Abu Hurayba Mosque^[32]
Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex	1502	Mamluk	Al-Darb al-Ahmar 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E	The mausoleum was completed in 1502; and the mosque-madrasa completed in 1520^[33]
Mosque of Qani-Bay	1503	Mamluk	Salah al-Din Square 30°01′56″N 31°15′28″E	Founded by Qani-Bay al-Sayfi;^[34] featured on the E£200 banknote
Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex	1503	Mamluk	Al-Mu'izz Street 30°2′46″N 31°15′36″E	Founded by Qansuh al-Ghuri; western part remains an active mosque, with the eastern part, a former khanqah-mausoleum, now a tourist site^[35]
Demerdash Mosque	1523	Ottoman	Al-Wayli 30°04′31″N 31°16′38″E	Named in honour of Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Al-Amir, known as Shaykh Demerdash, who is buried in the mosque.^[36]
Sulayman Pasha Mosque	1528	Ottoman	Cairo Citadel 30°03′29″N 31°13′44″E	Founded by Hadim Suleiman Pasha and named in his honour; contains the grave and shrine of Sariat al-Jabal^[37] It is the first mosque established in Egypt in Ottoman architectural style.^[38]
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque	1567	Ottoman	Salah al-Din Square 30°01′54″N 31°15′28″E	Founded by Mahmud Pasha, contains his grave, and named in his honour^[39]
Sinan Pasha Mosque	c. 1571	Ottoman	Boulaq, Downtown 30°03′44″N 31°13′46″E	Founded by Koca Sinan Pasha and named in his honour^[11]^: 161-162
Al-Burdayni Mosque	1629	Ottoman	Al-Dawoudia 30°01′34″N 31°15′14″E	Founded by Kareem al-din al-Bardayni and named in his honour^[40]
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab	1774	Ottoman	El-Hussein 30°02′46″N 31°15′42″E	Founded by Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab and named in his honour^[1]^{: 200–202}
Muhammad Ali Mosque	1830	Ottoman	Cairo Citadel 30°01′43″N 31°15′35″E	Founded by Muhammad Ali and named in his honour^[41]
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar	1839	Ottoman	Muizz Street 30°03′09″N 31°15′43″E	Contains a mosque, sabil, and kuttab, located at the beginning of Burjouan alley^[42]
Al-Sayyida Nafisa Mosque	1897	Ottoman	Northern Cemetery 30°01′21″N 31°15′08″E	Present structure was built on the site of a 9th-century mosque-mausoleum^[1]^{: 147–148}
Al-Rifa'i Mosque	1911	Ottoman	Salah al-Din Square 30°9′17″N 31°18′37″E	Also serves as the royal mausoleum of Muhammad Ali's family^[43]
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque	1940	Modern	Al-Saleeba Street 30°1′54″N 31°14′31″E	Present structure was built on the site of an undated mausoleum; renovations in 1547 and 1768; rebuilt in 1940^[44]
Sayeda Aisha Mosque	1971	Modern	Salah al-Din Square 30°01′29″N 31°15′24″E	Present structure built on the site of a 14th-century mosque-madrasa; renovated in 1762; rebuilt in 1971^[45]
Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque	c. 1970s	Modern	Nasr City 30°04′00″N 31°19′33″E	Location of the August 2013 Rabaa massacre where the mosque was partially destroyed;^[46] and subsequently rebuilt
Al-Fath Mosque	1990	Modern	Ramses Square, Downtown 30°03′35″N 31°14′46″E	The 130 m-tall (430 ft) minaret in the third largest minaret in the world^[47]
Al-Rahman al-Rahim Mosque	2009	Modern	Salah Salem, Abbassiya 30°03′41″N 31°16′59″E
Islamic Cultural Center	2022	Modern	New Administrative Capital	Capacity for 137,000 worshippers; completed at a cost of E£800 million^[48]

List of mosques in Cairo

List of mosques

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