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3D Virtual Tours - spherical view of the interior of Qaytbay's tomb chamber. Discover Islamic Art - information and pictures on Qaytbay's mosque/madrasa, including floor plan. Dobrowolska Agnieszka/Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw: More than Stones: Heritage for the Living in Cairo's 'City of the Dead', 2018
An Iraqi member of parliament, Khalid al-Fahdawi, was among the dead. The attack came at the end of Ramadan and its motives was sectarian in nature. [8] On April of 28th, 2023, a fire broke out inside the mosque after the burning of three caravans surrounded by weed and plants. The fire department fought the fire. [9]
The general layout of the mosque is a traditional hypostyle building with a central courtyard. As the mosque's prayer area is aligned with the qibla (direction of Mecca) but the street outside is not, the mosque's external façade has a different alignment from the rest of the structure and the entrance involves a bending passage from the street to the mosque interior. [3]
The mosque was expanded during the reign of Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I to include their tombs. [2] The graves themselves cannot be seen, as a gold mesh and black curtains cordon off the area. [12] The graves and what remains of Aisha's house are enclosed by a 5-sided wall, without doors or windows, built by the caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.
While the "City of the Dead" is a designation frequently used in English, the Arabic name is "al-Qarafa" (Arabic: القرافة, romanized: al-Qarafa).The name is a toponym said to derive from the Banu Qarafa ibn Ghusn ibn Wali clan, a Yemeni clan descended from the Banu Ma'afir tribe, which once had a plot of land in the city of Fustat (the predecessor of Cairo).
The shrine is surrounded by a large rectangular plaza which has been designed to hold vast numbers of visitors. With its size, inclusion of a qibla wall and a maqsura, the tomb resembles a mosque, but has been called an Hussainia. [7] Non-Muslims are allowed inside the complex. [8] Zarih inside the mausoleum Inside zarih Tombs in the yard
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi Mosque in Gaza City. - Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies Correction : An earlier version of this story misidentified the Al Gharbi Mosque.
Public fountain in Yeni Valide Mosque Courtyard Interior Patterns and Arabic text of Yeni Valide Mosque. The mosque has an octagonal base with a central dome. Its plan is a variant of that of the Rüstem Pasha Mosque, but variations such as its corner domes give it a more classical character than the Rüstem Pasha Mosque. It is also one of the ...