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.

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Sadat Quraish Mosque
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Bilbeis
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639Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque
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2019The biggest mosque in Egypt
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque
Abu el-Abbas el-Mursi Mosque in Alexandria.jpg
1285
Abu Haggag Mosque
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1286
Al-Ashraf Mosque
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1424
Al-Azhar Mosque
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969 National mosque
Al-Burdayni Mosque
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1629
Al-Fath Mosque
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1990
Al-Ghuri Mosque
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1503
Al-Hakim Mosque
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1013
Al-Hussein Mosque
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1154
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque
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1665
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
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1567
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
Cairo, cittadella, moschea di an-nasr mohammed, 1318-1335, 01.JPG
1334
Al-Nour Mosque
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1970s [2]
Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque
Al-Rahman al-Rahim Mosque, Abbasyia, Cairo.jpg
2016
Al-Rifa'i Mosque
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1911
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque
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1160
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
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10th-12th century
El-Tabia Mosque
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early-19th century
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque
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1407
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque
Cairo, moschea di Akjmas Ishaqi, ingresso 01.JPG
1479-1481
Attarine Mosque
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1056
Aqmar Mosque
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1125
Aqsunqur Mosque
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1347
Demerdash Mosque
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1523Located next to a hospital. Entombs the remains of Sidi Demerdash, a Mamluk-era Sufi mystic.
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center 2023The largest mosque in Africa
Nabi Daniel Mosque
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1790Entombs 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
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1969
Mosque-Madrasah of Sanjar al-Jawli
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1303
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque
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1277Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa.
Juyushi Mosque
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1085
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq
Barquq-Grabkomplex vom Sudwesten mit Minaretten und sudlicher Kuppel.jpg
Cairo 1411
Khayrbak Mosque
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1502
Lulua Mosque
Lulua Mosque.jpg
1015-1016
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque
Cairo, moschea di al-kurdamadrasat, minareto 01.JPG
1395
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab
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1774
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
Cairo, moschea di al-maridani, cortile 00.JPG
1339
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
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641The second oldest mosque in Egypt.
Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Damietta)
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642The third oldest mosque in Egypt.
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
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879The 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
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1356
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
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1848Most visible site in the city
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi
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1413
Mosque of Qani-Bay
Cairo, madrasa di qanibay amir akhun, 1503, 01.JPG
1503
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque
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13th centuryRenovated in 1975 and in 2005.
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar
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1839
Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad
Cairo, moschea di al-muayyad, cortile 08.JPG
1410
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars
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1269
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
Sultan Barquq street.jpg
1386
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.jpg
1356
Mosque of Taghribirdi
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1440
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili
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13th centuryOriginally built as a Mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
Qalawun Mosque
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1304
Qaytbay Mosque
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1472
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
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1993
Sayeda Aisha Mosque
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14th century
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque
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1547
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu
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1349
Sulayman Pasha Mosque
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1528
Sidi Arif Mosque
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1968
Sidi Bishr Mosque
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late 19th century
Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque
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1948
Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana
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1684-1685

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