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Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque

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verses from the Holy Qur'an, which are written in French gold. The mihrab is encased in a marble frame decorated with a mosaic with the inscription of the Shahadah on it. The prayer hall for women is on the western section of the mosque. Towards the end of the mosque is the tomb of Abu'l Abbas al-Mursi and three of his disciples. The tombs of three mystics from the Ashraf family, Muhammad Salah al-Deen, Muhammad Mas'ud and Muhammad al-Manqa'ee are within the building as well.
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A large dome tops the mosque, followed by four smaller domes meant to represent the saint and his disciples. The minaret of the mosque is approximately 73 metres high. The mosque as a whole rises approximately three meters above the level of its surroundings, which was said to be a strategic move
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The pillars of the mosque are made of granite, with four of them being made from harder granite that was designed in Italy to support the heavy dome. A bronze chandelier hangs from the ceiling as well. The minbar of the mosque is made of both teak wood and walnut wood. The top of this minbar has
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The mosque interior is approximately 22-26 metres tall, and the floors are covered with white marble. Its walls are made of a combination of artificial stone and mosaic. Several Arabic inscriptions,
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ordered the construction of a mosque square with a capacity of about 3,200 square metres, to include the mosque-shrines of
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was built over it, which was developed into a shrine. In 1307, a mosque was built over the shrine, with funding from
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was involved in planning the design and decor of the mosque, and construction took sixteen or eighteen years.
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The final structure of the mosque also served as a key source of inspiration for the much larger
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Sacred Destinations Travel Guide Website "Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, Alexandria"
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Abu'l Abbas al-Mursi, Muhammad Salah al-Deen, Muhammad Mas'ud, Muhammad al-Manqa'ee
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died in 1286 and was buried in a small cemetery within the locality of
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20th-century religious buildings and structures in Egypt
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emir of Alexandria then rebuilt the mosque in 1477.
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Affiliation
Islam
Branch/tradition
Sunni
Alexandria
Egypt
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque is located in Northern Egypt
Geographic coordinates
31°12′19.7″N 29°52′55.8″E / 31.205472°N 29.882167°E / 31.205472; 29.882167
mosque
Dome
Minaret
Arabic
mosque
Alexandria
Abu'l Abbas al-Mursi
Abul Abbas al-Mursi
Bab al-Bahr
qubba
Zain al-Din al-Qattan
Mamluk
Fouad I
Al-Busiri
Yaqut al-Arshy
Mario Rossi
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abu Dhabi
arabesque
mosaics

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