The Oldest Mosques

أقدم المساجد

A trail through the oldest standing mosques.

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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Al-Aqsa

    ثالث الحرمين: قدسية وتاريخ.

    Masjid Al-Aqsa · Jerusalem

  2. The Dome

    عبد الملك يبني 691: أقدم أثر إسلامي.

    Dome of the Rock · Jerusalem

  3. Amr

    أول جامع أفريقي: الفسطاط 641.

    the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As · Al-Fustat

  4. Ibn Tulun

    جامع القاهرة الملتوي: 876.

    Mosque of Ibn Tulun · Cairo

  5. Kairouan

    جامع عقبة: أقدم جامع مغربي.

    Qayrawan · Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri

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Overview

A path through the oldest mosques still standing: al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock, the mosques of 'Amr and Ibn Tulun, the Umayyad mosque and Qayrawan. Fourteen hundred years.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Oldest Mosques”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-early-mosques/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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