List of mosques in Egypt

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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 |  |

Cairo
30°2′45.78″N 31°15′35.57″E﻿ / ﻿30.0460500°N 31.2598806°E﻿ / 30.0460500; 31.2598806

| 1503  |
Al-Hakim Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°03′16″N 31°15′49″E﻿ / ﻿30.054571°N 31.263742°E﻿ / 30.054571; 31.263742

| 1013  |
Al-Hussein Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E﻿ / ﻿30.04778°N 31.26306°E﻿ / 30.04778; 31.26306

| 1154  |
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1665  |
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1567  |
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°01′45″N 31°15′39″E﻿ / ﻿30.029151°N 31.260945°E﻿ / 30.029151; 31.260945

| 1334  |
Al-Nour Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1970s[2] |
Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 2016  |
Al-Rifa'i Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°9′16.43″N 31°18′37.46″E﻿ / ﻿30.1545639°N 31.3104056°E﻿ / 30.1545639; 31.3104056

| 1911  |
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°02′32″N 31°15′28″E﻿ / ﻿30.04222°N 31.25778°E﻿ / 30.04222; 31.25778

| 1160  |
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 10th-12th century |
El-Tabia Mosque |  |

Aswan
24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E﻿ / ﻿24.0890°N 32.8998°E﻿ / 24.0890; 32.8998

| early-19th century |
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1407  |
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1479-1481  |
Attarine Mosque |  |

Alexandria

| 1056  |
Aqmar Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°03′06″N 31°15′43″E﻿ / ﻿30.051667°N 31.261944°E﻿ / 30.051667; 31.261944

| 1125  |
Aqsunqur Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E﻿ / ﻿30.036°N 31.260°E﻿ / 30.036; 31.260

| 1347  |
Demerdash Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1523  | Located next to a hospital. Entombs the remains of Sidi Demerdash, a Mamluk-era Sufi mystic.
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center |  |

New Administrative Capital

| 2023  | The largest mosque in Africa
Nabi Daniel Mosque |  |

Alexandria

| 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 |  |

Cairo

| 1969  |
Mosque-Madrasah of Sanjar al-Jawli |  |

Cairo

| 1303  |
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque |  |

Desouk
31°07′43″N 30°38′47″E﻿ / ﻿31.12849°N 30.64630°E﻿ / 31.12849; 30.64630

| 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 |  |

Cairo
30°01′19″N 31°16′07″E﻿ / ﻿30.021992°N 31.2685°E﻿ / 30.021992; 31.2685

| 1085  |
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq |  | Cairo | 1411  |
Khayrbak Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E﻿ / ﻿30.0355°N 31.2604°E﻿ / 30.0355; 31.2604

| 1502  |
Lulua Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°01′11″N 31°16′05″E﻿ / ﻿30.01986°N 31.268187°E﻿ / 30.01986; 31.268187

| 1015-1016  |
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1395  |
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab |  |

Cairo

| 1774  |
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani |  |

Cairo
30°02′23″N 31°15′33″E﻿ / ﻿30.03974°N 31.25922°E﻿ / 30.03974; 31.25922

| 1339  |
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As |  |

Cairo
30°0′36.50″N 31°13′59.38″E﻿ / ﻿30.0101389°N 31.2331611°E﻿ / 30.0101389; 31.2331611

| 641 | The second oldest mosque in Egypt.
Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Damietta) |  |

Damietta

| 642 | The third oldest mosque in Egypt.
Mosque of Ibn Tulun |  |

Cairo
30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E﻿ / ﻿30.02889°N 31.24944°E﻿ / 30.02889; 31.24944

| 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 |  |

Cairo

| 1356  |
Mosque of Muhammad Ali |  |

Cairo
30°01′43″N 31°15′35″E﻿ / ﻿30.028611°N 31.259722°E﻿ / 30.028611; 31.259722

| 1848  | Most visible site in the city
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi |  |

Cairo

| 1413  |
Mosque of Qani-Bay |  |

Cairo
30°01′56″N 31°15′28″E﻿ / ﻿30.0322°N 31.2579°E﻿ / 30.0322; 31.2579

| 1503  |
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque |  |

Tanta
30°47′01″N 30°59′56″E﻿ / ﻿30.78361°N 30.99889°E﻿ / 30.78361; 30.99889

| 13th century | Renovated in 1975 and in 2005.
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar |  |

Cairo

| 1839  |
Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad |  |

Cairo
30°02′35″N 31°15′27″E﻿ / ﻿30.04306°N 31.25750°E﻿ / 30.04306; 31.25750

| 1410  |
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars |  |

Cairo
30°03′44″N 31°15′48″E﻿ / ﻿30.0623°N 31.2634°E﻿ / 30.0623; 31.2634

| 1269  |
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq |  |

Cairo

| 1386  |
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan |  |

Cairo

| 1356  |
Mosque of Taghribirdi |  |

Cairo

| 1440  |
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili |  |

Humaithara

| 13th century  | Originally built as a Mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
Qalawun Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°02′58″N 31°15′39″E﻿ / ﻿30.049528°N 31.260972°E﻿ / 30.049528; 31.260972

| 1304  |
Qaytbay Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°02′38″N 31°16′30″E﻿ / ﻿30.0439°N 31.2749°E﻿ / 30.0439; 31.2749

| 1472  |
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque |  |

Cairo
30°04′00″N 31°19′33″E﻿ / ﻿30.0668°N 31.3258°E﻿ / 30.0668; 31.3258

| 1993  |
Sayeda Aisha Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 14th century |
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1547  |
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu |  |

Cairo

| 1349  |
Sulayman Pasha Mosque |  |

Cairo

| 1528  |
Sidi Arif Mosque |  |

Sohag
26°32′54″N 31°42′05″E﻿ / ﻿26.54833°N 31.70139°E﻿ / 26.54833; 31.70139

| 1968
Sidi Bishr Mosque |  |

Alexandria

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## See also[edit]

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## References[edit]

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.

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Alexandria|

* Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque
* Attarine Mosque

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Cairo and
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
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* Mosque of Taghribirdi‎
* Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib
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* 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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* Abkhazia
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* Panama
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* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
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* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
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* Argentina
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* Suriname
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