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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hussein Mosque and Al-Azhar Mosque.

Hussein Mosque

Mosque

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The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were 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 the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, 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

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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

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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.

Abdin

Suburb

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Abdin is a suburb.

Al Daher

Neighborhood

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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″ north

Longitude

31.26319° or 31° 15′ 48″ east

Elevation

33 metres (108 feet)

Open location code

8G2H27X7+37

GeoNames 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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