List of mosques in Egypt
List of Egyptian mosques
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This is a list of mosques in Egypt.
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; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.
List of mosques
In Alexandria
In Cairo
Elsewhere in Egypt
| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadat Quraish Mosque |  |
Bilbeis 30°25′5″N 31°33′48″E |
639 | Oldest mosque in North Africa[2] |
| Amr ibn al-As Mosque |  |
Damietta 31°25′22″N 31°49′05″E |
642 | The third oldest mosque in Egypt[3] |
| Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque |  |
Tanta 30°47′01″N 30°59′56″E |
c. 1276 | Renovated in 1975 and in 2005[4] |
| Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque |  |
Desouk 31°07′43″N 30°38′47″E |
1277 | Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa[5] |
| Abu Haggag Mosque |  |
Luxor 25°42′00″N 32°38′22″E |
1286 | Founded by As-Salih Ayyub; contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag[6] |
| Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili |  |
Humaithara 24°12′2″N 34°8′8″E |
13th century | Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.[7] |
| Al-Mahalli Mosque | Rosetta 31°23′57″N 30°25′18″E |
1582 | Named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex.[8] | |
| Zaghloul Mosque |  |
Rosetta 31°23′56″N 30°25′17″E |
1587 | The oldest[9] and largest mosque in Rosetta[10] |
| Sidi Shibl al-Aswad Mosque |  |
Shuhada 30°35′40″N 30°54′02″E |
16th-17th century | Mosque and mausoleum[11] |
| Al-Abbasi Mosque |  |
Rosetta 31°23′42″N 30°25′21″E |
1809 | Named in honour of Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque[12] |
| El-Tabia Mosque |  |
Aswan 24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E |
early-19th century | |
| Al-Habashi Mosque |  |
Damanhur 31°2′46″N 30°28′10″E |
1923 | Named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century.[13] |
| Sidi Arif Mosque |  |
Sohag 26°32′54″N 31°42′05″E |
1968 | Replaced a former 14th-century mosque; contains the grave of Sufi mystic Sidi Arif, also known as Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami[14] |
| El-Tabia Mosque |  |
Aswan 24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E |
1974 | [15] |
| Basuna Mosque |  |
Basuna, Sohag Governorate 26°40′24″N 31°36′15″E |
2019 | Replaced an earlier mosque on the site; received the 2021 Al-Fozan Mosque Award for Excellence |
