Sidi Arif Mosque

Sidi Arif Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Sohag
Province	Sohag Governorate
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque
Year consecrated	14th century (the 8th century of the Islamic calendar)
Location
Location	Sohag, Egypt
Geographic coordinates	26°32′54″N 31°42′05″E / 26.54833°N 31.70139°E / 26.54833; 31.70139
Architecture
Type	mosque
Style	Islamic
Completed	1968
Specifications
Capacity	1500
Length	51 m (167 ft)
Width	33 m (108 ft)
Dome(s)	1
Dome dia. (outer)	24 m (79 ft)
Minaret(s)	2
Materials	Concrete

The Sidi Arif Mosque (also known as Masjid Al-Arif Bellah, Arabic: مسجد العارف بالله; transliterated: Masjid al-Aarif bi Allah) is one of the largest mosques in Sohag Governorate. It was built for the first time at the 14th century and was reconstructed several times; the last one was in 1968^[1] and being renewed in 1998 for the last time. The mosque is named after the Sufi mystic buried in it, Sidi Arif, whose real name is Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami, a member of the Ashraf family of mystics.^[2]