Cairo Al Azhar Complex 970-972 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Cairo, Egypt
Al Azhar Mosque
970-972
Fatimid<
First Fatimid mosque in Cairo. The Mosque was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilly, the Fatimid conqueror of Egypt, in 970 as the congregational mosque for the new city of al-Qahira. The first khutba was delivered from its minbar in 972. A university was established there in 988, one of the oldest universities and to this day the most influential Islamic school in the world.
The courtyard was originally enclosed with three arcades. Caliph al-Hafiz (1138) added an arcade around all four sides of the courtyard, displaying keel-shaped arches, roundels, and keel-arched niches.
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