Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Mosque of Muhammad Ali

Mosque of Mohammed Ali mosque is built on the Ottoman style, similar to Oaasofia Mosque in Istanbul, built by Muhammad Ali Pasha inside the Citadel of Saladin in the Egyptian capital; Cairo, between the period of 1830 to 1848.
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The castle has been established since Saladin, the seat of government in the Ayyubid and Mamluk state, and in the reign of the Ottomans and then the governors in the upper Dynasty, and continued well into the era of Khedive Ismail where taken Amer Abdeen Palace seat of the king. Mohammed has taken on the big head of the family and the upper Egyptian founder of modern Egypt, after the reform of the walls of the castle, palaces and the establishment of schools and government offices out, and culminated in the establishment of its facilities this mosque, who oversees the city of Cairo Bakbabh and minarets.
Has initiated its inception in the year 1246 AH 1830 on the ruins of ancient buildings, leaving the premises of the Mamluks and has his building in the year 1265 AH, 1848, in the reign of Abbas Pasha I has Nicohh and decoration. He has built this mosque along the Ottoman mosques built in Istanbul, and planning a square side length 41 meters, is covered in the middle dome of large diameter of 21 meters and a height of 52 meters mounted on four large contracts based on four shoulders huge, and around the dome four half-domes, in each point of half dome, covered four corners of the mosque domes small, except that the other half of the dome covering the emergence of processus direction of the eastern flank of the mosque. And coating the walls of the home and four shoulders, up 11.30 meters livery of alabaster topped with colored engravings, and sweetened with domes and half-dome prominent motifs carved and gilded. On the western side of the mosque is a converted bench Amount columns and decades of alabaster, and took Drabzenha, railings, corridors domes of bronzing busy. In the western corner tribal him to the tomb of Muhammad is located on the large marble topped by a combination ticked by beautiful decorations and writings, and is surrounded by bronze cabin is nicely wrought, is the first work Abbas Pasha.

Remember references and different sources of what he ended up Muhammad Ali Pasha of reform Saladin Citadel and the establishment of schools, palaces, schools, decided to build a mosque where prayers are held and be buried by his burial.
Work began the establishment of the mosque in 1830 and continue to work without interruption until the death of Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1845, where he was buried in the cemetery, which he had prepared for himself.
In the reign of Khedive Abbas Pasha I was completing work engraving gates and marble work, as ordered set of readers and monitoring of good things on the whole.
In the reign of Said Pasha was the work of formal ceremonies for five nights each year, namely:
The night of Isra and Mi'raj, the night of the fifteenth of August, and then three nights of the month of Ramadan is the night of 13 anniversary of the death of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the night of September 14 when he was buried, and eventually much of the night.
In the era of Khedive Ismail was the work of a new brass doors of the mosque and surrounded by walls and established his toilet.
In the era of King Fuad has Commission for the Conservation of Egyptian antiquities Arabic remove the large dome and around the small domes to be rebuilt again taking into account the dimensions of the original architectural design and decoration.
Description mosque

Mosque in a total of rectangular building is divided into two parts: the eastern part, which prepared for the prayers, and the Western, a saucer Ttosth fountain ablutions, and each of the sections Baban opposite one tribal and other sea Section eastern square shape along Dilgh from inside 41 meters Ttosth dome of high diameter of 21 meters and a height of 52 meters the level of the floor of the mosque mounted on the shoulders of four square fundamentally four half-domes and half dome covers the fifth and the emergence of the mihrab that unlike other small domes four pillars of the mosque.
The walls of the mosque are covered inside and out with marble imported from quarries Alabaster Beni Suef and shoulders as well as the four inner-bearing dome. The walls of the mosque are covered with all the top of the marble cladding inside blanks colorful carvings gilded ornaments. The large dome and half-domes has sweetened prominent colored gilded motifs.
The second section, a saucer Ttosth ablutions fountain, and the rear of the clock tower donated by Muhammad Ali to Louis-Philippe king of France in 1845. The mosque Mnartan Rchiguetan up 84 meters from the ground level of the dish.
The original pulpit of the mosque is a large platform made ​​of wood decorated with gilded Local, The Tribune Almmermry small actually to the left of the mihrab, he ordered the work of King Farouk in 1358 AH = 1939. The mosque is lit chandeliers surrounded by fine crystalline glass niches coordinated exquisite forms. And is based on the both sides of the western flank of the mosque Mnartan Rchiguetan Ostoanita Benita also figure in the style of Turkish minarets, each rising 82 meters from the ground. The mosque has three doors, one in the middle of the pleura Maritime, and the second in an interview in the middle of the pleura tribal, and the third in the middle of the side-west, and leads to the dish room area of ​​53 in the 53-meter enveloping walls livery of alabaster, and is surrounded by four corridors of its contracts and pillars of marble also, and Bosta place ablution, which is a dome-mounted eight columns have flap local motifs prominent gilded, and the soles of the dome local carvings and colorful gilded represent landscapes, and the dome clad Kkabbab mosque plates of lead and Bosfielha water tank which is octagonal dome made ​​all of marble crushed motifs prominent. The highest mid-west corridor of the Tower of copper dish decorated inside ticking clock donated by the king of France, Louis Philippe to Mohamed Ali Pasha in 1845

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