Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo

Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque
مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
RegionNorth Africa
StatusActive
Location
LocationCairo, Egypt
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo is located in Egypt
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo
Shown within Egypt
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo is located in Middle East
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo (Middle East)
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo is located in Africa
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque, Cairo (Africa)
Geographic coordinates30°1′54.2″N 31°14′31.49″E / 30.031722°N 31.2420806°E / 30.031722; 31.2420806
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic
Completed?
1547, 1768, 1940, 1969 (renovation)
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)1

Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanizedMasjid 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.