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Constructed in 879, Cairo's oldest surviving mosque in its original form was built to accommodate the Tulunid Dynasty founder, Ahmad Ibn Tulun, and his entire army during Friday prayers. His ...

CAIRO, May 10 (KUNA) -- Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time.

In Cairo's Al-Sayeda Zeinab district, the Mosque of Ibn Tulun stands as imposing as when it was first constructed in 876 on top of a hill known as Gabal Yashkur.

One of the world’s largest, oldest mosques, completed in the year 879, still stands in Cairo; you might know its plaza from “The Spy Who Loved Me.” ...

The Great Mosque of Cairo. Share full article. Prof. Stanley Lane-Poole in Longman's. Sept. 2, 1900; ... in Muslim Egypt, with the Mosque of Ibn-Tulun.

Ibn Tulun Mosque. The sprawling Ibn Tulun Mosque, the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area, is also considered the oldest mosque in the city to have survived in its original form.

CAIRO — Amid Cairo’s cramped mass of humanity and traffic, with its incessant honking and haggling, visitors will be hard-pressed to find some solitude. But if you’re willing to go ...

Cairp's historic Mosque of Ibn Tulun has lost much of its splendour recently, with wastewater and garbage lining its walls; Egypt's cash-strapped antiquities ministry fails to intervene In Cairo's ...

CAIRO, May 10 (KUNA) -- Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time. The mosque is the third oldest in the capital and its ...