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An Egyptian Muslim pauses inside Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun in Cairo. The mosque, completed in 879, is considered the city’s oldest that has survived in its original form.
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 ...
It is only with the arrival of Turkish Governors in the middle of the ninth century that architecture can be said to have begun, in Muslim Egypt, with the Mosque of Ibn-Tulun.
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.
Entrance to Ibn Tulun mosque is free but donations are gladly accepted and actively encouraged from the men who attach cloth bags to your shoes in deference to the site’s sanctity.
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.
Outside Fatimid Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, he divided it into several lines, including the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar line, which is still known by this name until today.
I love the views of the Ahmad Ibn Tulun mosque from there; wandering through it feels like entering a de Chirio painting.
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 ...
Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time, the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) reported on Wednesday.
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