Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Hussein Mosque in Egypt

Hussein Mosque in Egypt


Hussein Mosque

Mosque Imam Hussein bin Ali in Cairo, Egypt. And is located in the Old Cairo neighborhood named after Imam Al-Hussein and next to the mosque also there is the famous Khan el-Khalili and Al-Azhar mosque


 
Date mosque

Built a mosque in the era of the Fatimids in 549 Hijri calendar for the year 1154 under the supervision of the Minister of Good Vanguards, featuring 3 Doors Mosque built white marble overlooking the Khan el-Khalili, and another door next to the dome and knows the green door.

 
Called the mosque that name due to the belief of some that there Imam Husayn's head buried him, as telling some stories that with the beginning of the Crusades feared ruler of Egypt Fatimid caliph on the head-Sharif from the harm that might result in the first place in the city of Ashkelon, Palestine, sent requests come head to Egypt carry head-Sharif to Egypt and buried in its present position and built the mosque on it.  
Pictures of Hussein Mosque