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2:06 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

Al-Azhar mosque 

one of the most important mosque in Egypt and the Islamic world was established
in (970 : 975 m) by Jawher Elsqely to spread the Shiism in Egypt.

some photos inside the mosque:

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2:06 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

Ibn Tulun mosque: is hosted by Ahmed Ibn Tulun in 263 AH. Ahmad ibn Tulun spent 120 thousand dinars in the construction, engineering matters were interested in building the mosque. Minaret of the mosque minaret is the oldest found in Egypt. Is the Mosque of Ibn Tulun mosque in Egypt, who defeated only by the model minaret of Samarra, where Helicobacter listed. The Sultan of Agen enter some reforms in, and was appointed to a range of manufacturers, and industry is the hour that leads the Dome of the strands a small number of hours of day and night slot, if the hour past, which is the country turned the energy for that hour and so on, and back again each time. During the reign of the Ayyubid Mosque of Ibn Tulun became a university teaching the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence, as well as modern medicine along with the education of orphans. Toulon is one of the Mameluke Turks who Ohdahm factor Bukhara to Caliph al-Mamun, and served in the royal court Abbasid until he reached the ranks of princes, and raised his son, Ahmed Ibn Tulun - the emergence of the princes. When he took Bakpak Emirate of Egypt by the Abbasid Caliph al-Ahmed turns him in and introduced her to the year 254 AH = AD 868, and then happened that took Egypt DIET Prince Majoor after the death of Bakpak approved by them on its mandate. The mandate of Ibn Tulun in Egypt, the first is limited to Fustat only, and is the abscess was entrusted to the son of the director, Ahmed is still expanding its influence in Egypt and covered all his power and take charge of the abscess and expanded to the Levant and gently founding Tulunid state that ruled Egypt for a year 254 to 292 AH = 868 to 905 AD and died in 270 AH = 884 Meter and the importance of Ahmad ibn Tulun, it is the shift that Antqltha Egypt from the state affiliated with the Abbasid Caliphate to the state of autonomy.

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3:16 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

Al-Azhar Mosque (359 ~ 361 AH) / (970 ~ 975 m). Is one of the most important mosques in Egypt, most notably in the Islamic world. A mosque and the University for more than a thousand years, although it was established for dissemination of doctrine Shia when it was conquered Egypt at the hands of the essence of Sicilian leader Muizz the first Fatimid caliph in Egypt, he is studying the doctrine of Islam as a Sunni. Having founded the city of Cairo has begun to establish Al-Azhar mosque and completed in the month of Ramadan in the year 361 AH = AD 972 is the first mosque was incepted in the city of Cairo is the oldest impact Fatmi based in Egypt. The historians have disagreed in the origin of this mosque is named, most likely named after the Fatimid Prince Al-Azhar Fatima Zahra daughter of the Prophet and a tribute to anniversary. Mosque and a school to train preachers of the Fatimids, the lobby of the doctrine of the Ismaili Shia (Shi'ite Pentecostal), which was the doctrine of the Fatimids. It was built following the opening of the essence of Egypt in the 11 August the year 358 AH / July 969 AD. As a basis the city of Cairo on August 17 in 358 AH to be the capital of the Fatimid worm coming from Mahdia, Tunisia, and the city of soldiers west of the cliffs. And lay the foundation Palace Caliph goats to the religion of God and the foundation stone for Al-Azhar mosque in Ramadan, 14 year AH 359 / AD 970.

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1:34 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

Zouila door or gate incumbent is one door of Old Cairo in the capital, the Egyptian Cairo. And is known for being a door or gate, which was suspended the heads of Russell Hulagu commander Tatars threatened him when they came to the Egyptians, and was executed by the sultan, Touman Bay when he opened the first sound and annexed Egypt to the Ottoman state. Bab Zuweila Section was set up in 485 Hijri (1092 AD), and consists of a huge mass of structural depth 25 meters and 25.72 meters wide and 24 meters from the street level. Section consists of two towers with round pins highlight the third cluster of plant outside the fence and mediates the towers open corridor leading to the entrance door and rise towers to two-thirds of the rise in building solid and comes in the upper third of each chamber defense covered intersects with linear basement vault accidentally.

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