List of mosques in Egypt

This is a 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; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.

List of mosques

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In Alexandria

Main article: List of mosques in Alexandria

In Cairo

Main article: List of mosques in Cairo

Elsewhere in Egypt

Name	Images	Location	Year	Remarks
Sadat Quraish Mosque		Bilbeis 30°25′5″N31°33′48″E / 30.41806°N 31.56333°E / 30.41806; 31.56333	639	Oldest mosque in North Africa [2]
Amr ibn al-As Mosque		Damietta 31°25′22″N31°49′05″E / 31.4229°N 31.8180°E / 31.4229; 31.8180	642	The third oldest mosque in Egypt [3]
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque		Tanta 30°47′01″N30°59′56″E / 30.78361°N 30.99889°E / 30.78361; 30.99889	c. 1276	Renovated in 1975 and in 2005 [4]
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque		Desouk 31°07′43″N30°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 [5]
Abu Haggag Mosque		Luxor 25°42′00″N32°38′22″E / 25.70000°N 32.63944°E / 25.70000; 32.63944	1286	Founded by As-Salih Ayyub; contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag [6]
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili		Humaithara 24°12′2″N34°8′8″E / 24.20056°N 34.13556°E / 24.20056; 34.13556	13th century	Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order. [7]
Al-Mahalli Mosque		Rosetta 31°23′57″N30°25′18″E / 31.39908981292799°N 30.421590495646452°E / 31.39908981292799; 30.421590495646452	1582	Named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex. [8]
Zaghloul Mosque		Rosetta 31°23′56″N30°25′17″E / 31.3989°N 30.4215°E / 31.3989; 30.4215	1587	The oldest [9] and largest mosque in Rosetta [10]
Sidi Shibl al-Aswad Mosque		Shuhada 30°35′40″N30°54′02″E / 30.5943682°N 30.9004939°E / 30.5943682; 30.9004939	16th-17th century	Mosque and mausoleum [11]
Al-Abbasi Mosque		Rosetta 31°23′42″N30°25′21″E / 31.3951°N 30.4224°E / 31.3951; 30.4224	1809	Named in honour of Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque [12]
El-Tabia Mosque		Aswan 24°05′20″N32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E / 24.0890; 32.8998	early-19th century
Al-Habashi Mosque		Damanhur 31°2′46″N30°28′10″E / 31.04611°N 30.46944°E / 31.04611; 30.46944	1923	Named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century. [13]
Sidi Arif Mosque		Sohag 26°32′54″N31°42′05″E / 26.54833°N 31.70139°E / 26.54833; 31.70139	1968	Replaced a former 14th-century mosque; contains the grave of Sufi mystic Sidi Arif, also known as Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami [14]
El-Tabia Mosque		Aswan 24°05′20″N32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E / 24.0890; 32.8998	1974	[15]
Basuna Mosque		Basuna, Sohag Governorate 26°40′24″N31°36′15″E / 26.6734°N 31.6042°E / 26.6734; 31.6042	2019	Replaced an earlier mosque on the site; received the 2021 Al-Fozan Mosque Award for Excellence

See also

• Islam portal
• Egypt portal

• Islam in Egypt
• Lists of mosques

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