Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna

Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar
View of the mosque from al-Khalifa street
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	al-Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt
Interactive map of Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar
Coordinates	30°1′37″N31°15′7.5″E / 30.02694°N 31.252083°E / 30.02694; 31.252083
Architecture
Type	Mosque, mausoleum
Style	Neo-Mamluk
Completed	1904 (current structure)
Specifications
Dome	1
Minaret	1

The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina ^[1] is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn. ^[2] The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.

History

Origins

The mosque is named after to Amna bint al-Hussein ibn Ali, a descendant of Muhammad. She was born in the 7th century and her mother was Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, a daughter of the chief of the Banu Kalb tribe. ^[3] Rubab nicknamed her Sakina or Sukayna (Arabic : سكينة, lit.  'tranquility, peace'). ^{[4] [5]} Historians have differed on whether her tomb in Cairo is in fact her true resting place. Those who acknowledge it rely on the following story: she was betrothed to Al-Asbagh ibn Abdul Aziz and sent to Egypt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, but she found out that he had cheated, so she went back.^{[ clarification needed ] [6]}

Construction history

A mosque was built over the site of the tomb in 1760 through the patronage of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a mamluk official. ^[2] It was replaced by a new mosque built in 1904 by Khedive Abbas II in a neo-Mamluk style. ^{[2] [7]}

References

1. El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN   978-977-416-074-5.
2. Williams, Caroline (2018). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (7th ed.). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 142. ISBN   9789774168550.
3. Madelung, Wilferd (2004). "ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI i. LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN SHIʿISM". Encyclopaedia Iranica . Vol. XII/5. pp. 493–8.
4. Reyshahri, Mohammad (2009). دانشنامه امام حسين[The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn] (in Persian). Vol. 1. p. 371. ISBN   9789644931.
5. Naji, Mohammad-Reza; Mohammad-Zadeh, Marziya (2017). "سكينة بنت حسین" [Sakina bint Husayn]. Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 24. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation.
6. Civilization in the Mamluk Era - Story of Islam | Islamic History Portal Supervised by Dr. Ragheb al-Sarjani Archived 2017-06-29 at Wayback Machine ^{[ dead link ]}
7. El Rashidi, Seif; Bowker, Sam (2018). The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN   978-1-61797-902-6.

External links

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