jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn
jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn is a mosque in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn is situated nearby to Hussein Mosque, as well as near Al-Azhar Mosque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hussein Mosque and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque or al-Husayn Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Imam al-Husayn and the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Husayn, is a mosque and mausoleum of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154, and then later reconstructed in 1874.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
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Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 230 metres south of jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn.
Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury
Historic building
Photo: Casual Builder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wikala of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri is a caravanserai in medieval Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1504–1505 and is considered today one of the most impressive and best-preserved examples of this type of building in Cairo. Wekalat El Sultan Al-Ghoury is situated 320 metres southwest of jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia.
jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Bab al-akhdar”, “Bāb al-Akhḍar”, “Bab al-Hasanayn”, “Masjid Sayyidna al Husayn”, “Masjid Sayyidnā al Ḩusayn”, “mosque of al-Husayn”, “mosque of al-Ḥusaynī”, “Sayidnā al Ḩusayn”, and “Sayyidnā al Ḩusayn Mosque”
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04773° or 30° 2′ 52″ northLongitude
31.26319° or 31° 15′ 48″ eastElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
8G2H27X7+37GeoNames ID
7913986
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“jāmi‘ al-Ḥusayn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامع الحسين”
- Arabic: “مسجد سيدنا الحسين”
- French: “ğāmiʿ al-Ḥusayn”
- French: “al-Machhad al-Hussaïni” (historical)
- French: “mausolée de Sayyidna Housain” (historical)
- French: “mosquée de Sayedna el-Hussein” (historical)
- French: “Sidna el-Hussein” (historical)
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