Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya

Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya
مَشْهَد ٱلسَّيِّدَة رُقَيَّة
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General information
Statusactive
TypeMashhad, mausoleum, mosque/oratory
Architectural styleFatimid, Islamic
Address16 El-Khalifa, Al Abageyah, El-Khalifa, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates30°01′32″N 31°15′7″E / 30.02556°N 31.25194°E / 30.02556; 31.25194
Completed1133
Renovated2014-2015

The Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya (Arabic: مَشْهَد ٱلسَّيِّدَة رُقَيَّة, romanizedMashhad As-Sayyida Ruqayya),[1] sometimes referred to as the Mausoleum or Tomb of Sayyida Ruqayya,[2][3] is a 12th-century Islamic religious shrine and mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It was erected in 1133 CE as a memorial to Ruqayya bint Ali (also known as Sayyida Ruqayya), a member of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's family.[4] It is also notable as one of the few and most important Fatimid-era mausoleums preserved in Cairo today.

Although the shrine is designed like a tomb, Ruqqaya bint Ali herself is most likely not buried here, as other historical sources report that she was buried in Damascus.[5][6] In Pakistan, it is believed that her mausoleum is Bibi Pak Daman, located in Lahore.[7]

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  2. ^ Nedoroscik, Jeffrey (1997). The City of the Dead: A History of Cairo's Cemetery Communities. Begin & Garvey. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-89789-533-0.
  3. ^ El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 42.
  4. ^ "Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya". Archnet. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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  7. ^ Zaidi, Noor (2014). ""A Blessing on Our People": Bibi Pak Daman, Sacred Geography, and the Construction of the Nationalized Sacred". The Muslim World. 104 (3): 306–335. doi:10.1111/muwo.12057.