Global Information Lookup Global Information

Muhammad Ali Mosque information


Muhammad Ali Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
LeadershipMuhammad Ali Pasha
Location
LocationCairo, Egypt
Geographic coordinates30°01′43″N 31°15′35″E / 30.028611°N 31.259722°E / 30.028611; 31.259722
Architecture
Architect(s)attr. to Yusuf Boshnak
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman, Islamic
Completed1848
Specifications
Capacity10,000
Length52 m (171 ft)
Width82 m (269 ft)
Dome height (outer)41 m (135 ft)
Dome dia. (inner)21 m (69 ft)
Minaret(s)2
Minaret height82 m (269 ft)

The Muhammad Ali Mosque or Alabaster Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محمد علي) is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848.

Situated on the summit of the citadel, this Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo.

The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's youngest son, who died in 1816.

This mosque, along with the nearby Cairo Citadel, are one of the landmarks and tourist attractions of Cairo .

and 19 Related for: Muhammad Ali Mosque information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8299 seconds.)

Muhammad Ali Mosque

Last Update:

The Muhammad Ali Mosque or Alabaster Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محمد علي) is a mosque situated in the Citadel of Cairo in Egypt and was commissioned by Muhammad...

Word Count : 772

Cairo Citadel

Last Update:

buried in the mosque. His mosque also replaced the nearby Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad as the Citadel's official main mosque. Muhammad Ali's mosque, with its...

Word Count : 6775

Imam Ali Shrine

Last Update:

The Sanctuary of Imām 'Alī (Arabic: حَرَم ٱلْإِمَام عَلِيّ, romanized: Ḥaram al-ʾImām ʿAlī), also known as the Mosque of 'Alī (Arabic: مَسْجِد عَلِيّ,...

Word Count : 2580

Ali Muhammad Khan Mosque

Last Update:

Ali Muhammad Khan Mosque, also referred to as Wali Muhammad Mosque, or Masjid Wali Muhammad, is a historic mosque in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, that is...

Word Count : 267

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Last Update:

Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was the Ottoman Albanian governor and de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of...

Word Count : 8421

Quba Mosque

Last Update:

historical Islamic texts, Muhammad spent 14 days in this mosque praying qaṣr (Arabic: قَصْر, a short prayer) while waiting for Ali to arrive in Medina, after...

Word Count : 1455

Khalilah Ali

Last Update:

Khalilah Camacho Ali (born Belinda Boyd; March 17, 1950) is an American actress, also known for being the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali. Belinda Boyd...

Word Count : 857

Assassination of Ali

Last Update:

sources write that Ali knew about his fate long before the assassination either by his own premonition or through Muhammad, who had told Ali that his beard...

Word Count : 2905

Holiest sites in Islam

Last Update:

place-of-residence of Muhammad, and where his qabr (grave) is located. In addition to the Prophet's Mosque, the city has the mosques of Qubāʾ and Al-Qiblatayn...

Word Count : 3911

Religious views of Muhammad Ali

Last Update:

Muhammad Ali was initially raised as a Baptist before his high-profile conversion to Islam. In the early 1960s, he began attending Nation of Islam Meetings...

Word Count : 2103

Muhammad Ali

Last Update:

Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the...

Word Count : 25065

Holiest sites in Shia Islam

Last Update:

companions. Muhammad then waited for Ali to arrive before he entered the city of Medina. Masjid al-Qiblatayn in Medina, Saudi Arabia - the mosque where the...

Word Count : 3957

Ali

Last Update:

Medina in 622, Muhammad gave his daughter Fatima to Ali in marriage and swore a pact of brotherhood with him. Ali served as Muhammad's secretary and deputy...

Word Count : 15093

Mosque

Last Update:

after the Quba Mosque, Muhammad went on to establish another mosque in Medina, which is now known as Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ('The Prophet's Mosque'). Built on...

Word Count : 11463

Imam Reza shrine

Last Update:

Ali al-Rida, the eighth imam in Twelverism. It is the largest mosque in the world by area. Also contained within the complex are the Goharshad Mosque...

Word Count : 2783

List of mosques in Pakistan

Last Update:

thousands of mosques. Some of the mosques are quite famous because of their size, beauty, architecture and history. The following is a list of mosques in Pakistan...

Word Count : 904

Imam Ali Shrine bombing

Last Update:

The Imam Ali mosque bombing was the detonation of two car bombs outside the Shia Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf on 29 August 2003. The attack killed 95 people...

Word Count : 360

Shia view of Ali

Last Update:

Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Ali contributed significantly to Islam in its early years and was likely...

Word Count : 1820

Ali Pasha Mosque

Last Update:

Herzegovina Ali Pasha Mosque (Tokat) (1572), Turkey Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo, Egypt Atik Ali Pasha Mosque, the name of two mosques in Fatih district...

Word Count : 113

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net