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 |
See also
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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 Hassan
- Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
- Qalawun Mosque
- Qaytbay Mosque
- Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque
- Sayeda Aisha Mosque
- Sulayman Pasha Mosque
- Sultan al-Ghuri Complex
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