Alabaster Mosque

The Alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali is the most popular Islamic mosque among Egypt travelers, because of its grandeur and its location at the Citadel in Cairo, making it the most visible of Islamic monuments in Cairo. It was built during the first half of the 19th century. Muhammad Ali Pasha, viceroy and effectively king of Egypt, is buried here.

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The design of the Muhammad Ali Mosque is based on a plan similar to that of the Mosque of Sultan Ahmad in Istanbul, known as the Blue Mosque.

The complex consists of two parts, the mosque to the east and an open courtyard to the west. The mosque has three entrances, on the north, west and east walls. The western entrance opens onto the courtyard. On the west wall of the courtyard is an iron clock, given to Muhammad Ali by the French King Louis Philippe, in exchange for the obelisk now in the Palace de la Concorde, Paris.

The minarets of the Muhammad Ali Mosque are over eighty meters high. The highest dome is 52 meters high, with a diameter of 21 meters.

No trip to Cairo is complete without visiting this wonder of Islamic architecture.