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.
Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
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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 | New Administrative Capital 30°01′39″N 31°45′54″E / 30.02750°N 31.76500°E / 30.02750; 31.76500 | 2019 | The biggest mosque in Egypt | |
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque | Alexandria 31°12′19.7″N 29°52′55.8″E / 31.205472°N 29.882167°E / 31.205472; 29.882167 | 1285 | ||
Abu Haggag Mosque | Luxor 25°42′00″N 32°38′22″E / 25.70000°N 32.63944°E / 25.70000; 32.63944 | 1286 | ||
Al-Ashraf Mosque | Cairo | 1424 | ||
Al-Azhar Mosque | Cairo 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E / 30.04583°N 31.26250°E / 30.04583; 31.26250 | 969 | National mosque | |
Al-Burdayni Mosque | Cairo | 1629 | ||
Al-Fath Mosque | Cairo | 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 |
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Mosques in Egypt
Greater Cairo
- Abu al-'Ila Mosque
- Al-Ashraf Mosque
- Al-Azhar Mosque
- Al-Burdayni Mosque
- Al-Fath Mosque
- Al-Hakim Mosque
- Al-Hussein Mosque
- Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
- Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
- Al-Nour Mosque
- Al-Rahman al-Rahim Mosque
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque
- Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque
- Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
- Al-Sayyidah Zainab Mosque
- Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque
- Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque
- Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
- Aqmar Mosque
- Aqsunqur Mosque
- Demerdash Mosque
- Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center
- Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
- Ibn Tulun Mosque
- Jami al-Qarafa Mosque
- Juyushi Mosque
- Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq
- Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay
- Khayrbak Mosque
- Lulua Mosque
- Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque
- Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish
- Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
- Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab
- Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
- Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
- Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar
- Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi
- Mosque of Muhammad Ali
- Mosque of Qani-Bay
- Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi
- Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh)
- Mosque of Sinan Pasha
- Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad
- Mosque of Taghribirdi
- Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
- Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
- Qalawun Mosque
- Qaytbay Mosque
- Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque
- Sayeda Aisha Mosque
- Sulayman Pasha Mosque
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