• The Aqmar Mosque, was built in Cairo, Egypt, as a neighborhood mosque by the Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi in 1125-6 CE (519 Hijri).
  • Who constructed the Al-Aqmar Mosque? The Moonlight Mosque, also known as Al-Aqmar Mosque, has various distinctive architectural elements.
  • Al-Aqmar Mosque, known as "The Moonlight Mosque," is a remarkable example of Fatimid architecture located on Al-Muiz Street in Cairo.
  • Al-Aqmar mosque is located on al-Muizz Street, and was commissioned by the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah in 519 AH/ 1125 AD.
  • Al Aqmar Mosque is one of the most impressive Fatimid mosques in Egypt and one of the earliest instances of a small mosque that is still intact in Islamic Cairo.
  • Al Aqmar Mosque - Al Muizz Street. ... I simply loved finding this mosque. It is the height of Fatimid architecture. The front three salients have some unique "firsts".
  • Accessed 2009-03-28. ↑ Mitchell 1995, p. 224. ↑ Williams, Caroline. 1983. The Cult of 'Alid Saints in the Fatimid Monuments of Cairo, Part I: The Mosque of al-Aqmar.
  • The mosque (N33) – 1125/519 – was originally at the northeast corner of the great eastern Fatimid palace. Al-Aqmar – the moonlit – was built by al-Ma’mun...
  • The Mosque of al-Aqmar was built in Cairo in 1125. The Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi was instrumental in its construction, which took place during the...
  • Al Aqmar mosque Cairo located in the heart of Cairo city. In fact, Al Aqmar mosque located north of the site which once occupied by the great Fatimid.