Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
Also known as: Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque
mosque in Cairo, Egypt
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Overview
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The Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque stands in the Sayyida Nafisa district of Cairo, a section of the historic Qarafa necropolis. It was built to commemorate Sayyida Nafisa, a well-known Islamic scholar descended from the Prophet Muhammad, and it contains her mausoleum, known as a mashhad. She was a great-granddaughter of Hasan, one of the Prophet's two grandsons. Together with the surrounding cemetery, the mosque is listed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Historic Cairo. The district is also referred to in sources as Darb al-Sibaa.
History
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According to the available sources, the mosque was built in the 9th century by the then emir Ubaydallah in memory of Sayyida Nafisa. The mosque and its mausoleum have been rebuilt many times since then.
From Wikipedia
Al-Sayyida Nafisa Mosque is a mosque located in the al-Sayyida Nafisa district (or Sebaa Valley), a section of the larger historic necropolis called al-Qarafa (or Northern Cemetery) in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It was built in the 9th century CE by the then emir Ubaydallah to commemorate Sayyida Nafisa, an Islamic saint and member of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was the great-granddaughter of Hasan, one of the prophet Muhammad's two grandsons. The mosque contains her mausoleum, also known as a mashhad. Along with the necropolis around it, the mosque is listed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Islamic Cairo. The mosque and mausoleum has been rebuilt many times since the 9th century.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sayyida_Nafisa_Mosque
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%88_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%87
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sayyidah_Nafisah
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%81_%D9%86%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%81