Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-Aas
Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque was the earliest building in Egypt, was constructed in
641 A.D by Commander Amr Ibn Alas, and it was the first mosque to ever be
built in the whole of Africa. The mosque was built on the location of his
tent because a dove nested on his tent and laid an egg, so he took the.
dove nest like a good omen of God’s will and this site became the capital of Islamic
Egypt. The mosque had a modest structure, as it was built using palm leaves and
trunks and mud bricks, it’s really hard to know the original appearance of the first
building as it was destroyed and rebuilt in the 7th century.
Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque Construction
In 640 A.D, The Muslim army led by general Amr Ibn Al Aas able to capture
Alexandria (The capital of Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period) and move to
modern-day Cairo in order to attack the powerful fort of Babylon along the Nile.
The mosque built in the place of Amr Ibn Alas’s tent in the city of Fustat.
(Arabic word of the tent) which became the capital of Muslim Egypt.
Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque rebuilt so many times over the years, as in 827 A.D,
the mosque rebuilt, doubled in size, and arcades of columns erected.
in 1172 the city of Fustat burned by the crusaders and restored by the Great
Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-Aas
Empire Saladin. After years of decay because of the coming of Napoleon
Bonaparte’s troops to Cairo in 1798, the last renovation to the mosque was
in 1875. The mosque is able to incorporate elements of Greek and Roman architecture.
and holds 150 white marble columns, three minarets designed in a very simple
manner also has an open court surrounded by four Riwaqs, the largest being the Qiblah Riwaq.