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The mosque is a rare architectural expression of the cultural hegemony of Samarra, Ibn Tulun's home. It is built entirely of well-fired red brick faced in carved stucco; it has ziyadas and a roof supported by arcades on piers.
This mosque was commissioned by Ibn Tulun (the Abbassid governor of Egypt) in 876 and it was completed in 879. It is surrounded by an enclosure that measures 118 x 138 meters and it was the main focal point of the Tulunid dynasty which last only 26 years.
Feb 18, 2003 · Ibn Tulun Mosque is the oldest, best-preserved mosque in Egypt 1. It is named after the Emir Ahmed Ibn Tulun 2, a soldier among the troops of Samarra who was promoted to rule Egypt between 868 and 883AD.
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun was built in 879, the third congregational mosque in Fustat. The first was built in 641, by ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, the Muslim conqueror of Egypt, and the second at al-‘Askar, the Abbasid capital founded in 750.
The city’s oldest intact, functioning Islamic monument is easily identified by its high walls topped with neat "crenulations" that, It was built between AD 876 and 879 by Ahmad Ibn Tulun, The Mosque was completed in 879 AD on Mount Yashkur in a settlement named al-Qata'i by the founder of Egypt's Tulunid Dynasty (868-905 AD), Al-Qata'i was ...
Located on Jebal Yashkur (in modern-day Ahmad Ibn Tulun Square, Sayyida Zaynab), the mosque was meant to serve as the main congregational mosque of Ibn Tulun’s new administrative capital, al-Qata’i.
Aug 1, 2022 · Cairo's oldest mosque, which retains its original form, is the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Al-Qatai, just north of what was Al-Fustat. It was commissioned in 884 CE by its namesake, Ahmad...
