This is a list of mosques in Egypt.
There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments. This list includes notable mosques within Egypt; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.
List of mosques
In Alexandria
In Cairo
Elsewhere in Egypt
| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadat Quraish Mosque | Bilbeis 30°25′5″N 31°33′48″E / 30.41806°N 31.56333°E | 639 | Oldest mosque in North Africa | |
| Amr ibn al-As Mosque | Damietta 31°25′22″N 31°49′05″E / 31.4229°N 31.8180°E | 642 | The third oldest mosque in Egypt | |
| Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque | Tanta 30°47′01″N 30°59′56″E / 30.78361°N 30.99889°E | c. 1276 | Renovated in 1975 and in 2005 | |
| Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque | Desouk 31°07′43″N 30°38′47″E / 31.12849°N 30.64630°E | 1277 | Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa | |
| Abu Haggag Mosque | Luxor 25°42′00″N 32°38′22″E / 25.70000°N 32.63944°E | 1286 | Founded by As-Salih Ayyub; contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag | |
| Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili | Humaithara 24°12′2″N 34°8′8″E / 24.20056°N 34.13556°E | 13th century | Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order. | |
| Al-Mahalli Mosque | Rosetta 31°23′57″N 30°25′18″E / 31.39908981292799°N 30.421590495646452°E | 1582 | Named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex. | |
| Zaghloul Mosque | Rosetta 31°23′56″N 30°25′17″E / 31.3989°N 30.4215°E | 1587 | The oldest and largest mosque in Rosetta | |
| Sidi Shibl al-Aswad Mosque | Shuhada 30°35′40″N 30°54′02″E / 30.5943682°N 30.9004939°E | 16th-17th century | Mosque and mausoleum | |
| Al-Abbasi Mosque | Rosetta 31°23′42″N 30°25′21″E / 31.3951°N 30.4224°E | 1809 | Named in honour of Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque | |
| El-Tabia Mosque | Aswan 24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E | early-19th century | ||
| Al-Habashi Mosque | Damanhur 31°2′46″N 30°28′10″E / 31.04611°N 30.46944°E | 1923 | Named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century. | |
| Sidi Arif Mosque | Sohag 26°32′54″N 31°42′05″E / 26.54833°N 31.70139°E | 1968 | Replaced a former 14th-century mosque; contains the grave of Sufi mystic Sidi Arif, also known as Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami | |
| El-Tabia Mosque | Aswan 24°05′20″N 32°53′59″E / 24.0890°N 32.8998°E | 1974 | ||
| Basuna Mosque | Basuna, Sohag Governorate 26°40′24″N 31°36′15″E / 26.6734°N 31.6042°E | 2019 | Replaced an earlier mosque on the site; received the 2021 Al-Fozan Mosque Award for Excellence |
See also
- Islam in Egypt
- Lists of mosques
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