Category:Al-Azhar Mosque

The Mosque of al-Azhar was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilly, the Fatimid conqueror of Egypt, in 970 as the congregational mosque for the new city of al-Qahira. The first khutba was delivered from its minbar in 972 and a university was established there in 988.[1]

This is a category about a monument in Egypt identified by the ID

EG-C-004

Al-Azhar Mosque

mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt

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Instance of

Location

Architectural style

Islamic architecture

Founded by

Jawhar al-Siqilli

Heritage designation

part of UNESCO World Heritage Site

Inception

971

Religion or worldview

Islam

Maximum capacity

20,000

Map

30° 02′ 45.13″ N, 31° 15′ 45.91″ E

Authority file
Q312342 ISNI: 000000011526527X VIAF ID: 133058085 Library of Congress authority ID: n81107978 IdRef ID: 070035075 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007583916705171
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Subcategories

This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.

Al-Azhar Mosque by decade‎ (4 C)
Al-Azhar Mosque by year‎ (17 C)

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Al-Azhar Mosque in art‎ (5 F)

C

Courtyard of Al-Azhar Mosque‎ (85 F)

D

Dome of al-Hafiz (al-Azhar Mosque)‎ (5 F)

G

Gate of Qaytbay (in al-Azhar)‎ (13 F)
Gate of the Barbers (in al-Azhar)‎ (20 F)
Gate of the Sa'idis (in al-Azhar)‎ (5 F)

H

Historical images of Al-Azhar University‎ (41 F)

M

Madrasa and Mausoleum of Amir Aqbugha (in al-Azhar)‎ (1 C, 18 F)
Madrasa and Tomb of Gawhar al-Qanaqba'i (in al-Azhar Mosque)‎ (3 F)
Mausoleum of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda (in al-Azhar)‎ (3 F)
Minarets around Al-Azhar Mosque‎ (3 C, 52 F)

P

Al-Azhar hypostyle prayer hall‎ (1 C, 50 F)

R

Riwaq al-'Abbasi‎ (4 F)

S

Sheikhs of al-Azhar‎ (13 C, 4 F)

T

Taybarsiyya Madrasa (in al-Azhar)‎ (9 F)

Media in category "Al-Azhar Mosque"

The following 54 files are in this category, out of 54 total.

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Al-azhar floor plan.jpg 993 × 925; 190 KB
1 Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt.tif 3,904 × 1,952; 16.05 MB
A side view of the front gate of Al Azhar mosque. (cropped).jpg 2,825 × 2,871; 3.37 MB
A side view of the front gate of Al Azhar mosque..jpg 2,825 × 4,238; 4.36 MB
Al Azhar Al Sharif mosque and university (14608567479).jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 1.19 MB
Al Azhar Al Sharif Mosque and university - al-Ghuri double-finail minaret on the right (14795273695).jpg 4,057 × 2,695; 840 KB
Al Azhar Al Sharif mosque and university, Minaret of Qunsah al Ghuri on the right (14608637098).jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 1.63 MB
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Al-Azhar Mosque (R Prazeres 2019) DSCF4364.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 1.54 MB
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Al-Azhar roof view DSCF5473.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 1.98 MB
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Al-Azhar roof view Qaytbay minaret DSCF5475.jpg 2,435 × 3,344; 1.11 MB
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Azhar HDR.jpg 4,824 × 3,635; 10.86 MB
Azhar mosque (cropped-dome).jpg 903 × 1,059; 156 KB
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Cairo - Islamic district - Al Azhar Mosque and University entrance.JPG 2,429 × 2,448; 2.84 MB
Busy Cairo - panoramio (1).jpg 2,736 × 3,648; 3.72 MB
Caire. Mosquée el-Azhar, vue générale des minarets - Bonfils. LCCN2004668146.jpg 816 × 1,024; 169 KB
Cairo - Islamic district - Al Azhar Mosque and University - entrance to women only area.JPG 2,180 × 3,264; 2.18 MB
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Cairo - Islamic district - Al Azhar Mosque and University front.JPG 2,364 × 1,553; 1.11 MB
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt - panoramio - Mujaddara (14).jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 3.46 MB
Cour et minarets de la mosquée el-Azhar - Bonfils. LCCN2004668148.jpg 796 × 1,024; 150 KB
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El Azhar Mosque, Old Cairo, al-Qāhirah, CG, EGY (40944885803).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 2.07 MB
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El Azhar Mosque, Old Cairo, al-Qāhirah, CG, EGY (47911480331).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.4 MB
El Cairo, Al-Azhar 1999 07.jpg 710 × 1,074; 717 KB
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Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - Egypt-13A-098.jpg 1,920 × 2,560; 4.34 MB
Flickr - Gaspa - Cairo, moschea di El-Azhar.jpg 2,048 × 1,361; 335 KB
Lamp of Aqbugha, about 1340. Albert and Victoria Museum2.jpg 4,592 × 3,056; 3.55 MB
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Mentone, Cairo and Corfu (1896) (14783696565).jpg 1,576 × 2,428; 1,020 KB
Rajmohan and Usha Gandhi at Al-Azhar Mosque, 2012.jpg 1,046 × 1,121; 824 KB
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Wooden mihrab al-Azhar Mosque.jpg 1,914 × 3,566; 2.29 MB
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صلاة العيد بالجامع الأزهر.jpg 5,993 × 3,996; 4.05 MB

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