Mosque of Muhammad Ali

The Muhammad Ali Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, is a located in the Citadel of , . It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha and built between 1832 and 1857.
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  • Mosque
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (180 feet)
  • Description: mosque in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Alabaster Mosque”
    “Masdschid Muhamad ʿAlī”
    “Masjid Muhammad ‘Ali al-Kabir”
    “Mehmet Ali Paşa Camii”
    “Mosque of Qara Muhammad Ali”
    “Muhammad Ali Mosque”
    “The great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saladin Citadel of Cairo and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.
Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in , Egypt. is situated 420 metres northeast of Mosque of Muhammad Ali.
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The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental… is situated 530 metres north of Mosque of Muhammad Ali.
Kik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Al-Rifa'i Mosque is a located… is situated 570 metres north of Mosque of Muhammad Ali.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayyidah Zainab District and Abdin.
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , .
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is a suburb.
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is the name commonly given to the core…

Mosque of Muhammad Ali

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Latitude
30.02779° or 30° 1′ 40″ north
Longitude
31.25816° or 31° 15′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G2H27H5+47
Geo­Names ID
8643080
Wiki­data ID
Q652046

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mosque of Muhammad Ali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع محمد علي باشا”
  • Arabic: “مسجد الألبستر”
  • Arabic: “مسجد المرمر”
  • Arabic: “مسجد قرا محمد علي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد محمد علي باشا”
  • Arabic: “مسجد محمد علي‎”
  • Bengali: “মুহাম্মাদ আলি মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Muhammad Alí”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی محەممەد عەلی”
  • Chinese: “穆罕默德·阿里清真寺”
  • Chinese: “穆罕默德阿里帕夏清真寺”
  • Czech: “Mešita Muhammada Alího”
  • Danish: “Muhammad Ali moskeen”
  • Dutch: “Moskee van Mohammed Ali”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد محمد على”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo Mohamedo Alio”
  • Finnish: “Muhammad Alin moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Muhammed Alin moskeija”
  • French: “mosquée d’albâtre”
  • French: “Mosquée Mohammed Ali”
  • German: “Alabastermoschee”
  • German: “Muhammad-Ali-Moschee”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד מוחמד עלי”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Muhammad Ali”
  • Italian: “Moschea di alabastro”
  • Italian: “Moschea di Muhammad Ali”
  • Japanese: “ムハンマド・アリー・モスク”
  • Kazakh: “Мұхаммед Әли мешіті”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Muhammad Ali”
  • Korean: “무함마드알리 모스크”
  • Lithuanian: “Muhamedo Ali mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Мухамед Али”
  • Madurese: “Masjid Muhammad Ali”
  • Marathi: “मुहम्मद अली मशीद”
  • Persian: “مسجد محمدعلی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Muhammada Alego”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea de Alabastru”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Мухаммеда Али”
  • Serbian: “Алабастер џамија”
  • Serbian: “Џамија Мухамеда Алија”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Mohameda Alija”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Muhammad Alí”
  • Swedish: “Muhammed Ali-moskén”
  • Tamil: “முகம்மது அலியின் பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Tatar: “Мөхәммәт Гали-паша мәчете”
  • Turkish: “Mehmed Ali Paşa Camii”
  • Turkish: “Mehmet Ali Paşa Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Алі Мухаммеда”
  • Urdu: “مسجد محمد علی”
  • Uzbek: “Muhammad Ali masjidi”

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