Mosque of al-Jawhari
Mosque of al-Jawhari is a mosque in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Mosque of al-Jawhari is situated nearby to the heritage site Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha, as well as near Hussein Mosque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Azhar Mosque and Hussein Mosque.
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 420 metres southeast of Mosque of al-Jawhari.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 360 metres east of Mosque of al-Jawhari.
Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha
Heritage site
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
Sabil-kuttab of Khusraw Pasha is a heritage site, which is situated 180 metres northeast of Mosque of al-Jawhari.
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.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. 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 Sakakini and Abbassia.
Mosque of al-Jawhari
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Mosque of al-Gawhari”
- Category: religion
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04826° or 30° 2′ 54″ northLongitude
31.25949° or 31° 15′ 34″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8G2H27X5+8QGeoNames ID
8643333
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In Other Languages
“Mosque of al-Jawhari” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد الجوهري”
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