At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
Overview
Ahmad ibn Tulun built the mosque in al-Askar, beside the upper police headquarters (al-Shurta al-Ulya) 1.
Site and building
He built his mosque on the hill of Yashkur, and there he carried out a great building programme 2.
The divan
When al-Askar became the residence of Egypt's emirs, the divan (the government office) moved to Ibn Tulun's mosque. Under al-Aziz billah it moved again, to the house of the vizier Ya'qub ibn Killis 3.
People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
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.881
- 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.882
- 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.279
- Wikidata
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mosque of Ibn Tulun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/masjid-ibn-tulun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.