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About Mosques
Alexandria Mosques
Cairo Mosques
- Altunbugha al-maridani Mosque
- Amr Ibn El-Aas, Mosque of
- El-Aqmar (Gray Mosque)
- Aqsunqur or Blue Mosque
- As-Salih Talai Mosque
- Aytmishi Mosque
- Archaic Mosques
- Barquq Khanqah/Mausoleum
- Barquq Khanqah/Madrasa
- Ashraf Barsbay Complex
- Baybars El-Jashankir Khanqa
- al-Burdayni, Mosque of
- El-Gawhara el-Lala Mosque
- El-Ghuri Mosque
- al-Guyushi, Mosque of
- El-Hakim Mosque
- Sultan Hassan Complex
- El-Hussein Mosque
- Ibn Tulun Mosque
- Sultan al-Ashraf Inal Complex
- El-Ishaqi Mosque
- Jamal al-Din Mosque
- Mahmud Pasha Mosque
- Mohammad Ali Mosque
- El-Mu'ayyad Mosque
- An-Nasir Mohammed Mosque
- Qaytbay Funerary Complex
- Qurqumas Funerary Complex
- Sultan Qala'un Complex
- Refa'i Mosque
- Sangar Salar Mosque
- Sayyida Zeinab Mosque
- Shaykhu Mosqu
- Silhdar Mosque
- Suleyman El-Silahdar Mosque
- Suleyman Pasha Mosque
- Taghri Bardi Complex
- Mosque of Ilgay al-Yusufi
Fayoum Mosques
EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
The El-Hussein Mosque sits on the site of the cemetery of the Fatimid caliphs. It was entirely rebuilt under the khedive Ismail. Earlier this century the remains of the cemetery were discovered while work was being done on the mosque's foundations. There are forty-four white marble columns that support the wood ceiling. On one side of the mosque is the mausoleum which is the oldest part of the complex which was built in 1154 and then modified in 1236. In the mausoleum are the remains of El-Hussein. A cupola with a ceiling that is decorated and inlaid with gold surmounts the mausoleum. There are two minarets at the complex. The one on the southwest side is from the same period as the mosque. The other is contemporary in style as is the mausoleum.
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