Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is a mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. Built between 876 and 879 CE by its namesake, Ahmad ibn Tulun, it is the oldest well-preserved mosque in Egypt.Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Aḥmad b. Ṭūlūn”, “Ahmad ibn Tūlūn”, “Aḩmad Ibn Ţūlūn Mosque”, “Ahmed ebn Teyloun”, “Ibn Ṭūlūn”, “Masjid Ahmad ibn Tulun”, “Masjid Aḩmad ibn Ţūlūn”, “mosque of Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn”, and “Mosque of Ibn Tulun”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gayer-Anderson Museum and Saladin Citadel of Cairo.
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gayer-Anderson Museum is an art museum located in Cairo, Egypt. It is situated adjacent to the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. Gayer-Anderson Museum is situated 110 metres east of Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun.
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt. Its construction was begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 and continued by subsequent Egyptian rulers. Saladin Citadel of Cairo is situated 1¼ km east of Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun.
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is situated 750 metres northeast of Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Meuseujid Ibnu Tulun”
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Ibn Tulunit”
- Arabic: “الجامع الطولوني”
- Arabic: “المسجد الطولوني”
- Arabic: “جامع أحمد بن طولون”
- Arabic: “جامع إبن طولون”
- Arabic: “جامع ابن طولون”
- Arabic: “جامع بن طولون”
- Arabic: “مسجد أحمد بن طولون”
- Arabic: “مسجد ابن طولون”
- Arabic: “مسجد احمد بن طولون”
- Azerbaijani: “İbn Tulun məscidi”
- Basque: “Ibn Tulun meskita”
- Bengali: “ইবনে তুলুন মসজিদ”
- Bosnian: “Ibn Tulunova džamija”
- Catalan: “mesquita d’Ibn Tulun”
- Catalan: “Mesquita d’Ibn Tulun”
- Chinese: “伊本·图伦清真寺”
- Chinese: “伊本·圖倫清真寺”
- Chinese: “艾哈迈德·伊本·图伦清真寺”
- Dutch: “Ibn Toeloen moskee”
- Dutch: “Ibn Toeloenmoskee”
- Dutch: “Moskee van Ibn Toeloen”
- Dutch: “Moskee van Ibn Tulun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد ابن طولون”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo de Ibn Tulun”
- Finnish: “Ibn Tulunin moskeija”
- French: “Ibn Ṭūlūn”
- French: “Mosquée Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn”
- French: “mosquée d’Ahmad ibn Touloun”
- French: “mosquée d’Ahmed ibn Touloun”
- French: “mosquée d’Ibn Touloun”
- French: “Mosquee Ibn Touloun”
- French: “Mosquée Ibn Touloun”
- French: “mosquée Ibn Tulun”
- French: “Touloun”
- French: “Ahmed ebn Touloun” (historical)
- French: “Gâmaʼ Teyloun” (historical)
- French: “Ibn Teyloun” (historical)
- French: “Teyloun” (historical)
- German: “Ibn-Tulun-Moschee”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Ibn Tulun”
- Hebrew: “מסגד אבן טולון”
- Hungarian: “Ibn Túlún-mecset”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Ibnu Tulun”
- Italian: “Moschea di Ahmad ibn Tulun”
- Italian: “moschea El Tulun”
- Japanese: “イブン・トゥールーン・モスク”
- Japanese: “イブン＝トゥールーン・モスク”
- Kazakh: “Ахмед ибн-Тулун мешіті”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Ibn Tulun”
- Korean: “이븐 툴룬의 모스크”
- Lithuanian: “Ibn Tuluno mečetė”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Ибн Тулун”
- Malay: “Masjid Ibn Tulun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ibn Tulun-moskeen”
- Norwegian: “Ibn Tulun-moskeen”
- Persian: “مسجد ابن طولون”
- Polish: “Meczet Ahmada Ibn Tuluna”
- Romanian: “Moscheea lui Ibn Tulun”
- Russian: “Мечеть Ибн Тулун”
- Russian: “Мечеть ибн Тулуна”
- Russian: “Мечеть Ибн Тулуна”
- Russian: “Мечеть ибн-Тулуна”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija Ibn Tuluna”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ibn Tulunova džamija”
- Sindhi: “جامع ابن طولون”
- Sindhi: “مسجد ابن طولون”
- Slovenian: “Mošeja Ibn Tulun”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de Ahmad Ibn Tulun”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de Ibn Tulun”
- Swedish: “Ibn Tulun moskén”
- Swedish: “Ibn Tulun-moskén”
- Turkish: “Tolunoğlu Camii”
- Turkish: “Tolunoğulları Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Ібн Тулуна”
- Urdu: “مسجد ابن طولون”
- Uzbek: “Ibn Tulun masjidi”
- Uzbek: “Ibn Tulun Masjidi”
- Western Mari: “Ибн Тулун мечеть”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد ابن طولون”
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