mosque of al-Maridani
The Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, also known as the Mosque of Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani, is a mosque located south of Bab Zuweila, in the Darb al-Ahmar neighbourhood of Islamic Cairo, Egypt.Photo: Martyn Smith, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Egypt
- Also known as: “Al-Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque”, “At Tanbāghā al Mīrādānī Mosque”, “Masjid at Tanbagha al Miradani”, “Masjid at Tanbāghā al Mīrādānī”, and “Mosque of Amir al-Maridani”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and Al-Azhar Mosque.
Bāb Zuwaylah
Photo: JMCC1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 380 metres northwest of mosque of al-Maridani.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 750 metres northeast of mosque of al-Maridani.
Blue Mosque
Mosque
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsunqur Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha, is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is situated in the Tabbana Quarter of Darb al-Ahmar district, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo. Blue Mosque is situated 410 metres south of mosque of al-Maridani.
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. Bab al-Louq square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.
mosque of al-Maridani
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“mosque of al-Maridani” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد ألطِنبغا المارداني”
- Arabic: “مسجد التنباغا الميراداني”
- Arabic: “مسجد الطنبغا الماردانى”
- Arabic: “مسجد الطنبغا المارداني”
- Arabic: “مسجد المارداني”
- Bengali: “আমির আল-মারিদানির মসজিদ”
- Catalan: “Mesquita d’al-Maridani”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الطنبجا الماردانى”
- French: “mosquée de l’émir al-Maridani”
- French: “Mosquée de l’émir al-Maridani”
- German: “Altinbugha al-Maridani-Moschee”
- German: “Altinbugha-al-Maridani-Moschee”
- Turkish: “Emir el-Maridani Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Амір Алтінбуга аль-Марідані”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Амір аль-Марідані”
- Urdu: “مسجد امیر الماردانی”
- Uzbek: “Amir al-Maridani masjidi”
- Uzbek: “Amir Oltinbugʻa al-Maridoniy masjidi”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد امیر الماردانی”
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