North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan

The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental and madrasa located in in the of , . It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Madrasa of sultan Hasan”, “Madrasa Sultan Hasan”, “madrasah al-sulṭān Ḥasan”, “Masjid as Sultan Hasan”, “Masjid as Sulţān Ḩasan”, “Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan”, “Sultan al-Nasir Hasan”, “Sultan al-Nasser Hassan”, “Sultan an-Nasir Hasan”, and “Sultan Hassan Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Rifa’i Mosque and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.

Mosque
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The Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a located in , adjacent to the , in , . Its name is derived from the Ali Abu Shubbak who is buried in the mosque.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , , built by Salah ad-Din and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. is situated 650 metres southeast of Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.

Mosque
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
The Al-Mahmoudia Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Mahmud Pasha, is a and mausoleum, located in the in the Citadel area of , . is situated 160 metres southeast of Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Sayyidah Zainab District.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan

Latitude
30.03226° or 30° 1′ 56″ north
Longitude
31.25631° or 31° 15′ 23″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27J4+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24908268
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7913951
Wiki­data ID
Q1430119
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع السلطان حسن”
  • Arabic: “جامع ومدرسة السلطان حسن”
  • Arabic: “جامع ومدرسة سلطان حسن”
  • Arabic: “مدرسة السلطان حسن”
  • Arabic: “مسجد السلطان الناصر حسن ومدرسته”
  • Arabic: “مسجد السلطان حسن”
  • Armenian: “Սուլթան Հասանի մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sultan Həsən məscidi”
  • Basque: “Hasan sultanaren meskita-madrasa (Kairo)”
  • Basque: “Hasan sultanaren meskita-madrasa”
  • Bengali: “সুলতান হাসানের মসজিদ মাদ্রাসা”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita i madrassa d’Hasan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع السلطان حسن”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة السلطان حسن”
  • French: “madrasa du sultan Hassan”
  • French: “madrasaẗ al-sulṭān Ḥasan”
  • French: “Mosquee du Sultan Hassan”
  • French: “Mosquée du sultan Hassan”
  • French: “Mosquée-Médersa de Sultan Hassan”
  • French: “Gama Soultan Hassen” (historical)
  • French: “Gâmaʼ Soultân Hasan” (historical)
  • French: “madrasa Hasan” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée de Soultan Hasan” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée de Sultan Hacen” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée du Soultan Haçen” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée Hassan” (historical)
  • French: “Sultan-Hassan” (historical)
  • German: “Moschee des Sultan Hasan”
  • German: “Sultan Hasan-Moschee”
  • German: “Sultan-Hasan-Moschee”
  • Hausa: “Masallaci-Madrasa na Sultan Hasan”
  • Hungarian: “Hasszán szultán mecsete”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid-Madrasah Sultan Hasan”
  • Japanese: “スルタン・ハッサン・モスク”
  • Kashmiri: “مسجد و مدرسہ سلطان حسن”
  • Kazakh: “Сұлтан Хасан мешіті”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sultan Hassan”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sulutani Hassan”
  • Korean: “술탄 하산 모스크”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Мадреса Султан Хасан”
  • Malay: “Masjid Sultan Hassan”
  • Persian: “مسجد سلطان حسن”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita do Sultão Hassan”
  • Russian: “Мечеть султана Хасана”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Султана Хассана”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Sultán Hasán”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita-madrasa del Sultan Hasan”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita-madrasa del Sultán Hasán”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita-Medersa de Sultan Hassan”
  • Turkish: “Sultan Hasan Camii ve Medresesi”
  • Turkish: “Sultan Hasan Medresesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть султана Хасана”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Султана Хассана”
  • Urdu: “مسجد و مدرسہ سلطان حسن”
  • Uzbek: “Sulton Hasan masjid-madrasasi”
  • Uzbek: “Sulton hasan masjidmadrasasi”
  • Western Mari: “Султан Хассан мечеть”
  • Western Mari: “Султана Хассан мечеть”

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