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
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 2019 The biggest mosque in Egypt
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque 1285
Abu Haggag Mosque 1286
Al-Ashraf Mosque 1424
Al-Azhar Mosque 969 National mosque
Al-Burdayni Mosque 1629
Al-Fath Mosque 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ^ «مسجد النور» أنشأه السادات وضمه مبارك لـ«الأوقاف».. و«سلامة» يحاول استعادته بـ«القضاء». Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved January 11, 2018.