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
Sadat Quraish Mosque		Bilbeis 30°25′5.45″N 31°33′48.15″E	639	Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque		New Administrative Capital 30°01′39″N 31°45′54″E	2019	The biggest mosque in Egypt
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque		Alexandria 31°12′19.7″N 29°52′55.8″E	1285
Abu Haggag Mosque		Luxor 25°42′00″N 32°38′22″E	1286
Al-Ashraf Mosque		Cairo	1424
Al-Azhar Mosque		Cairo 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E	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	1503
Al-Hakim Mosque		Cairo 30°03′16″N 31°15′49″E	1013
Al-Hussein Mosque		Cairo 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E	1154
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque		Cairo	1665
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque		Cairo	1567
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque		Cairo 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	1911
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque		Cairo 30°02′32″N 31°15′28″E	1160
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque		Cairo	10th-12th century
El-Tabia Mosque		Aswan 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	1125
Aqsunqur Mosque		Cairo 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 31.12849°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	1085
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq		Cairo	1411
Khayrbak Mosque		Cairo 30.0355°N 31.2604°E / 30.0355; 31.2604	1502
Lulua Mosque		Cairo 30°01′11″N 31°16′05″E	1015-1016
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque		Cairo	1395
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab		Cairo	1774
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani		Cairo 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	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	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 30.028611°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 30.0322°N 31.2579°E / 30.0322; 31.2579	1503
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque		Tanta 30°47′01″N 30°59′56″E	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	1410
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars		Cairo 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 30.049528°N 31.260972°E / 30.049528; 31.260972	1304
Qaytbay Mosque		Cairo 30.0439°N 31.2749°E / 30.0439; 31.2749	1472
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque		Cairo 30°04′00″N 31°19′33″E	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	1968
Sidi Bishr Mosque		Alexandria	late 19th century
Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque		Alexandria	1948
Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana		Alexandria	1684-1685

See also

• Islam in Egypt
• Lists of mosques
  • List of mosques in Cairo

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.