At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
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Overview
The al-Aqmar Mosque in Cairo stands at the end of the market of the candle-makers, near the market of the poultry-sellers. Its site was formerly the market of the wheat-dealers 1.
The gate and its inscriptions
Al-Maqrizi reports that Amir Yalbugha al-Salimi told him he had read words in the lines inscribed on the threshold of the al-Aqmar mosque's gate 2.
The Mukhalliq corner
The Mukhalliq corner lies opposite the basin of the al-Aqmar mosque, on the right of anyone entering the mosque known as Mu'bad Musa 3.
People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh· Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Mosque, Cairo
Sources
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1063
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1132
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1131
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/al-aqmar-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.