Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque
Also known as: مسجد السيدة زينب
mosque in Egypt
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The Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum in Cairo, Egypt, and is counted among the largest and most important mosques of the city. It is built around a shrine said to hold the tomb of Zaynab bint Ali, a daughter of Ali and Fatima and therefore a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad. She is regarded as one of the patron saints of Cairo. Its architecture is recorded as Islamic, in the Mamluk Revival style.
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The Sayyida Zaynab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanized: Masjid As-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a mosque and mausoleum located on Portsaid Street in the Sayyidah Zainab District of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the largest and most important mosques of the city. It is centred on a shrine that is said to contain the tomb of Sayyidah Zaynab bint Ali, one of the daughters of Ali, fourth caliph, and his first wife Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is considered one of the patron saints of Cairo.
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© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/29974177
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Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sayyidah_Zainab,_Kairo
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