List of mosques in Cairo

Cairo skyline featuring numerous minarets.

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]

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	Images	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	Images	Year	District	Remarks
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
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	Images	Year	District	Remarks
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
Sayeda 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

See also[]

• List of buildings in Cairo
• List of mosques in Egypt

References[]

Cited:

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.