Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi

The Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque, also known as the Jamal al-Din Mahmud al-Istadar Mosque, is a in the al-Darb al-Ahmar area of , . It was founded by an amir called Mahmud al-Kurdi who was the ustadar or majordomo of the Mamluk Sultan Barquq.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Mahmud al-Kurdi Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bāb Zuwaylah and jāmi‘ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh.

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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. is situated 130 metres north of Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi.

Mosque
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, is a on , adjacent to , in , Egypt. The complex was built between 1415 and 1421, under the rule of the Mamluk sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, from whom it takes its name. is situated 200 metres north of Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi.

Mosque
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, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a in the of the city of , 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". is situated 670 metres northeast of Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Islamic Cairo.

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is a suburb.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi

Latitude
30.0416° or 30° 2′ 30″ north
Longitude
31.25764° or 31° 15′ 28″ east
Open location code
8G2H27R5+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1241056194
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q43033418
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mosque of Mahmud Kurdi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد الكردي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد جمال الدين محمود الاستادار”
  • Bengali: “মাহমুদ আল কুর্দি মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع محمود الكردى”
  • French: “mosquée Mahmud al-Kurdi”
  • French: “Mosquée Mahmud al-Kurdi”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Махмуда аль-Курди”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Mahmud al-Kurdi”
  • Turkish: “Mahmud el-Kürdi Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Махмуда аль-Курді”
  • Urdu: “مسجد محمود الکردی”
  • Uzbek: “Mahmud al-Kurdiy masjidi”

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