List of mosques in Egypt

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.

Name	Location	Year	Remarks
Sadat Quraish Mosque	Bilbeis 30°25′5.45″N 31°33′48.15″E / 30.4181806°N 31.5633750°E / 30.4181806; 31.5633750	639	Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque	New Administrative Capital 30°01′39″N 31°45′54″E / 30.02750°N 31.76500°E / 30.02750; 31.76500	2019	The biggest mosque in Egypt
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque	Alexandria 31°12′19.7″N 29°52′55.8″E / 31.205472°N 29.882167°E / 31.205472; 29.882167	1285
Abu Haggag Mosque	Luxor 25°42′00″N 32°38′22″E / 25.70000°N 32.63944°E / 25.70000; 32.63944	1286
Al-Ashraf Mosque	Cairo	1424
Al-Azhar Mosque	Cairo 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E / 30.04583°N 31.26250°E / 30.04583; 31.26250	969	National mosque
Al-Burdayni Mosque	Cairo	1629
Al-Fath Mosque	Cairo	1990
Al-Ghuri Mosque	Cairo 30°2′45.78″N 31°15′35.57″E / 30.0460500°N 31.2598806°E / 30.0460500; 31.2598806	1503
Al-Hakim Mosque	Cairo 30°03′16″N 31°15′49″E / 30.054571°N 31.263742°E / 30.054571; 31.263742	1013
Al-Hussein Mosque	Cairo 30°2′52″N 31°15′47″E / 30.04778°N 31.26306°E / 30.04778; 31.26306	1154
Al-Malika Safiyya Mosque	Cairo	1665
Al-Mahmoudia Mosque	Cairo	1567
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque	Cairo 30°01′45″N 31°15′39″E / 30.029151°N 31.260945°E / 30.029151; 31.260945	1334
Al-Nour Mosque	Cairo	1970s^[2]
Al-Rahman Al-Rahim Mosque	Cairo	2016
Al-Rifa'i Mosque	Cairo 30°9′16.43″N 31°18′37.46″E / 30.1545639°N 31.3104056°E / 30.1545639; 31.3104056	1911
Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque	Cairo 30°02′32″N 31°15′28″E / 30.04222°N 31.25778°E / 30.04222; 31.25778	1160
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque	Cairo	10th-12th century
El-Tabia Mosque	Aswan 24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E / 24.0890; 32.8998	early-19th century
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque	Cairo	1407
Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque	Cairo	1479-1481
Attarine Mosque	Alexandria	1056
Aqmar Mosque	Cairo 30°03′06″N 31°15′43″E / 30.051667°N 31.261944°E / 30.051667; 31.261944	1125
Aqsunqur Mosque	Cairo 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260	1347
Demerdash Mosque	Cairo	1523	Located next to a hospital. Entombs the remains of Sidi Demerdash, a Mamluk-era Sufi mystic.
Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center	New Administrative Capital	2023	The largest mosque in Africa
Nabi Daniel Mosque	Alexandria	1790	Entombs 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	Cairo	1969
Mosque-Madrasah of Sanjar al-Jawli	Cairo	1303
Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque	Desouk 31°07′43″N 30°38′47″E / 31.12849°N 30.64630°E / 31.12849; 30.64630	1277	Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa.
Juyushi Mosque	Cairo 30°01′19″N 31°16′07″E / 30.021992°N 31.2685°E / 30.021992; 31.2685	1085
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq	Cairo	1411
Khayrbak Mosque	Cairo 30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E / 30.0355°N 31.2604°E / 30.0355; 31.2604	1502
Lulua Mosque	Cairo 30°01′11″N 31°16′05″E / 30.01986°N 31.268187°E / 30.01986; 31.268187	1015-1016
Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque	Cairo	1395
Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab	Cairo	1774
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani	Cairo 30°02′23″N 31°15′33″E / 30.03974°N 31.25922°E / 30.03974; 31.25922	1339
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As	Cairo 30°0′36.50″N 31°13′59.38″E / 30.0101389°N 31.2331611°E / 30.0101389; 31.2331611	641	The second oldest mosque in Egypt.
Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Damietta)	Damietta	642	The third oldest mosque in Egypt.
Mosque of Ibn Tulun	Cairo 30°01′44″N 31°14′58″E / 30.02889°N 31.24944°E / 30.02889; 31.24944	879	The 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	Cairo	1356
Mosque of Muhammad Ali	Cairo 30°01′43″N 31°15′35″E / 30.028611°N 31.259722°E / 30.028611; 31.259722	1848	Most visible site in the city
Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi	Cairo	1413
Mosque of Qani-Bay	Cairo 30°01′56″N 31°15′28″E / 30.0322°N 31.2579°E / 30.0322; 31.2579	1503
Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque	Tanta 30°47′01″N 30°59′56″E / 30.78361°N 30.99889°E / 30.78361; 30.99889	13th century	Renovated in 1975 and in 2005.
Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar	Cairo	1839
Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad	Cairo 30°02′35″N 31°15′27″E / 30.04306°N 31.25750°E / 30.04306; 31.25750	1410
Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars	Cairo 30°03′44″N 31°15′48″E / 30.0623°N 31.2634°E / 30.0623; 31.2634	1269
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq	Cairo	1386
Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan	Cairo	1356
Mosque of Taghribirdi	Cairo	1440
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili	Humaithara	13th century	Originally built as a Mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
Qalawun Mosque	Cairo 30°02′58″N 31°15′39″E / 30.049528°N 31.260972°E / 30.049528; 31.260972	1304
Qaytbay Mosque	Cairo 30°02′38″N 31°16′30″E / 30.0439°N 31.2749°E / 30.0439; 31.2749	1472
Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque	Cairo 30°04′00″N 31°19′33″E / 30.0668°N 31.3258°E / 30.0668; 31.3258	1993
Sayeda Aisha Mosque	Cairo	14th century
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque	Cairo	1547
Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu	Cairo	1349
Sulayman Pasha Mosque	Cairo	1528
Sidi Arif Mosque	Sohag 26°32′54″N 31°42′05″E / 26.54833°N 31.70139°E / 26.54833; 31.70139	1968
Sidi Bishr Mosque	Alexandria	late 19th century
Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque	Alexandria	1948
Mosque of Ibrahim Terbana	Alexandria	1684-1685

References

^ "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
^ «مسجد النور» أنشأه السادات وضمه مبارك لـ«الأوقاف».. و«سلامة» يحاول استعادته بـ«القضاء». Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[1] "Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques". al-monitor.com. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

[2] «مسجد النور» أنشأه السادات وضمه مبارك لـ«الأوقاف».. و«سلامة» يحاول استعادته بـ«القضاء». Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

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Alexandria	Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque Attarine Mosque	Egypt portal
Cairo and Greater Cairo	Abu al-'Ila Mosque Al-Ashraf Mosque Al-Azhar Mosque Al-Burdayni Mosque Al-Fath Mosque Al-Hakim Mosque Al-Hussein Mosque Al-Mahmoudia Mosque Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque Al-Nour Mosque Al-Rahman al-Rahim Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque Al-Sayyidah Zainab Mosque Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar Mosque Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi Mosque Mosque of Amr ibn al-As Aqmar Mosque Aqsunqur Mosque Demerdash Mosque Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque Ibn Tulun Mosque Jami al-Qarafa Mosque Juyushi Mosque Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq Khanqah-Mausoleum of Sultan Barsbay Khayrbak Mosque Lulua Mosque Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars Mosque of Amir al-Maridani‎ Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque of Khushqadam el-Ahmadi Mosque of Muhammad Ali Mosque of Qani-Bay Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi Mosque of Qaytbay (at Qal'at al-Kabsh) Mosque of Sinan Pasha Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad‎ Mosque of Taghribirdi‎ Mosque of Ulmas al-Hajib Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Qalawun Mosque Qaytbay Mosque‎ Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque Sayeda Aisha Mosque‎ Sulayman Pasha Mosque Sultan al-Ghuri Complex
Other places	Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque Abu Haggag Mosque Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque El-Tabia Mosque Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque Sidi Arif Mosque
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