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Mosque of Ibn Tulun. / 30.02889°N 31.24944°E / 30.02889; 31.24944. The Mosque of Ibn Tulun ( Arabic: مسجد إبن طولون, romanized : Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the oldest mosques in Egypt as well as the whole of Africa surviving in its full original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo ...
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Mosque of Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn, huge and majestic red brick building complex built in 876 by the Turkish governor of Egypt and Syria. It was built on the site of present-day Cairo and includes a mosque surrounded by three outer ziyādah s, or courtyards. Much of the decoration and design recalls the ʿAbbāsid architecture of Iraq.
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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. Following the tradition of Muslim Caliphs, the first work of Ibn Tulun was to establish a new capital known as Qataia (869 CE) between Cairo ...
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 ...
Ahmad Ibn Tulun was a Turkish governor of Cairo by the Abbasid Caliphate. He had big plans for the city, and building this mosque was essential to his intent to make a new city. Ibn Tulun’s big goal was to create a lively town that could compete with places like Baghdad and Damascus. Architectural Significance. In Islamic art and architecture ...
The mosque of Ibn Tulun was commissioned by Ahmad Ibn Tulun (254–270 AH/868–884 AD), ‘Abbasid governor of Egypt, who in 266 AH\\ 872 AD ruled Egypt as an independent state. Construction began in 263 AH/876 AD, and finished in 265 AH/879 AD. 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 ...
The mosque covers 2.5 hectares, large enough for the whole community of Al Fustat to assemble for Friday prayers. An outer moatlike courtyard, originally created to keep the secular city at a distance, was at one time filled with shops and stalls. Ibn Tulun drew inspiration from his homeland, particularly the ancient Mosque of Samarra (Iraq ...
