Al-Hussein Mosque

The Al-Hussein Mosque stands beside the Khan el-Khalili bazaar and opposite Al-Azhar in historic Cairo. Its shrine, first built in 1154, is revered as the resting place of the head of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad; the present building in Gothic Revival style dates from 1874. It is a working mosque, entered outside prayer times.

Nearby

Khan el-Khalili

street

Al-Azhar Mosque

religious building

Al-Muizz Street

street

Al-Hakim Mosque

religious building

Bab Zuwayla

monument

Al-Azhar Park

park

Museum of Islamic Art

museum

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