mosque al-Fakahani
mosque al-Fakahani is a mosque in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. mosque al-Fakahani is situated nearby to the mosque jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh, as well as near Bāb Zuwaylah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Bāb Zuwaylah
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Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. Bāb Zuwaylah is situated 210 metres southwest of mosque al-Fakahani.
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 380 metres northeast of mosque al-Fakahani.
jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh
Mosque
Photo: Nizar Barrak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad is a Mosque in Cairo, Egypt next to Bab Zuwayla built under the rule of sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Sayf ad-Din Shaykh from whom it takes its name, "Al-Mu'ayyad", meaning The Supporter in Arabic language. jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh is situated 190 metres southwest of mosque al-Fakahani.
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.
Bab al-Louq
Suburb
Bab al-Louq is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there.
mosque al-Fakahani
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Al Fakahānī Mosque”, “Al Fakihānī Mosque”, “Masjid al Fakihani”, and “Masjid al Fakihānī”
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.04432° or 30° 2′ 40″ northLongitude
31.25909° or 31° 15′ 33″ eastElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
8G2H27V5+PJGeoNames ID
7921950
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In Other Languages
“mosque al-Fakahani” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد الفكهاني”
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