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Al-Sayyida Nafisa Mosque

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398: 1547: 1865: 981: 37: 309: 369:. The location of Sayyida Nafisa’s tomb is believed to have been the location of her house. It is set on al-Khalifa street, where numerous mausoleums commemorating well known Islamic figures exist along the way. After she died, many people were buried near her to benefit from her baraka, or blessing. In addition to the mosque and mausoleum of Sayyida Nafisa, the street is also the location of the mausoleums of Sayyida 975: 990: 458: 444: 296:
who held power in the late 11th century. He is said to have restored a door or gate of the compound in 1089. Art historian Caroline Williams notes that there is a decorative "cresting in the form of a chain of inverted Y's" on the north wall of the funerary complex which most likely dates from this
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motif carved in between the lines of the polygons. The central niche is deeply carved with another foliate arabesque motif and a less prominent geometric motif with eight-pointed stars.
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in June 2021. In the late summer of 2023, the mosque underwent a controversial renovation sponsored by the Indian Bohra community, culminating in a visit by President
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Sayyida Nafisa was likely first buried in her own house, following early Islamic practice. A mausoleum was built over the site later. The 14th-century historian
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aesthetic but that has been covered with Asian-styled marble. Parts of the interior façade of the building were moved to the mausoleum of
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by heart. Before she died, she reportedly dug her own grave and sat in it while she recited the whole of the Qur’an 190 times, saying "
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initiated another restoration that included a renovation of the dome over the tomb and a marble lining for the
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One of the only Fatimid-era remnants from the mosque is a piece of woodwork now preserved at the
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where she had a reputation for performing miracles. Before her death in 824, she made the
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in al-Sayyida Nafisa district (or Sebaa Valley), a section of the larger historic
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from the Sayyida Nafisa Mosque, dated to the 12th century, now kept at the
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featuring polygonal forms around a six-pointed star, with a foliate
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over the tomb was inaugurated during the visit of the leader of the
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The mausoleum's religious importance developed mainly during the
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reports that the first mausoleum's construction is attributed to
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to mark its completion. The interior had previously held a
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Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di (Mausoleum of Hasan Sadaqa)
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Sayyida Nafisa Mosque is located at the border between
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The present-day mosque and shrine was rebuilt in the
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Sayyida Nafisa is considered holy as a member of the
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Index


Affiliation
Islam
Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
mosque
Style
Islamic
Dome
Minaret
mosque
necropolis
al-Qarafa
Cairo, Egypt.
Sayyida Nafisa
Islamic saint
Muhammad
Hasan
mausoleum
mashhad
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Cairo
Sayyida Nafisa
Prophet’s family
Islamic saint
Hejaz
Fustat
hajj
Mecca

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