Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Region | North Africa |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Cairo, Egypt |
Geographic coordinates | 30°1′54.2″N 31°14′31.49″E / 30.031722°N 31.2420806°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Islamic |
Completed | ? 1547, 1768, 1940, 1969 (renovation) |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanized: Masjid As-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt, and constitutes one of the most important and biggest mosques in the history of Egypt. The name is an honor to Sayyidah Zaynab bint Ali, one of the daughters of Ali, fourth Caliph and first Shi'ite Imam, and his first wife Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.