masjid al-Dashṭūṭī

masjid al-Dashṭūṭī is a mosque in , . masjid al-Dashṭūṭī is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab Al-Nasr and Al-Azhar Mosque.

City gate
, is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of , the capital of . The gate's construction is dated to 1087 and was ordered by Badr al-Jamali, a Fatimid vizier. is situated 730 metres southeast of masjid al-Dashṭūṭī.

Mosque
, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 1½ km south of masjid al-Dashṭūṭī.

Mosque
The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars is a located in , . Completed in 1268 CE, during by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari through his vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i. is situated 650 metres northeast of masjid al-Dashṭūṭī.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Islamic Cairo.

Neighborhood
is a district in the Western Area of , . 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 and .

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.

Suburb
is a suburb.

masjid al-Dashṭūṭī

Latitude
30.05805° or 30° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude
31.25892° or 31° 15′ 32″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8G2H3755+6H
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“masjid al-Dashṭūṭī” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد الدشطوطي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد سيدي علي المبتلي”
  • French: “masǧid al-Dašṭūṭī”
  • French: “mosquée d’ad-Dachtouti” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée d’el-Dachtouti ou Tachtouchi” (historical)
  • French: “mosquée Dachtouti” (historical)
  • French: “Tachtouchy” (historical)

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