| Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya | |
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مَشْهَد ٱلسَّيِّدَة رُقَيَّة | |
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| General information | |
| Status | active |
| Type | Mashhad, mausoleum, mosque/oratory |
| Architectural style | Fatimid, Islamic |
| Address | 16 El-Khalifa, Al Abageyah, El-Khalifa, Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°01′32″N 31°15′7″E / 30.02556°N 31.25194°E |
| Completed | 1133 |
| Renovated | 2014-2015 |
The Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya (Arabic: مَشْهَد ٱلسَّيِّدَة رُقَيَّة, romanized: Mashhad 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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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 42.
- ^ "Mashhad al-Sayyida Ruqayya". Archnet. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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:5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
:3was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.