Ibn Tulun Mosque

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Islamic religious site mosque

The Ibn Tulun Mosque is one of Cairo’s oldest and largest surviving mosques, renowned for its expansive courtyard, distinctive spiral minaret, and well-preserved Abbasid-era architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mosque of Ibn Tulun	3
Ibn Tulun Mosque canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious site ⓘ mosque ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Abbasid architecture ⓘ Islamic architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 2.5 hectares ⓘ
builtDuring	Tulunid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	Ahmad ibn Tulun NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfCompletion	9th century ⓘ
city	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate	879 ⓘ
constructionEnd	879 ⓘ
constructionStart	876 ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
countryCapital	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
distinction	oldest mosque in Cairo surviving largely in its original form ⓘ one of the largest mosques in Cairo ⓘ one of the oldest surviving mosques in Cairo ⓘ
floorPlan	hypostyle mosque ⓘ
founder	Ahmad ibn Tulun NERFINISHED ⓘ
governorate	Cairo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMinaretType	spiral minaret ⓘ
hasPart	ablution fountain ⓘ arcaded riwaqs ⓘ courtyard ⓘ covered prayer hall ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minbar ⓘ outer ziyada ⓘ spiral minaret ⓘ
heritageStatus	well-preserved historic monument ⓘ
influencedBy	Great Mosque of Samarra NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Cairo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Sayyida Zaynab district NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ stucco ⓘ
namedAfter	Ahmad ibn Tulun NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Citadel of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	carved stucco decoration ⓘ expansive open courtyard ⓘ large surrounding enclosure (ziyada) ⓘ spiral external staircase minaret ⓘ uniform brick piers and arches ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
period	Abbasid period ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
usedFor	Friday prayer ⓘ congregational prayer ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic Cairo → hasPart → Ibn Tulun Mosque ⓘ

historic Cairo → hasPart → Ibn Tulun Mosque ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Cairo

this entity surface form: Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Islam in Egypt → hasImportantMosque → Ibn Tulun Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Gayer-Anderson Museum → locatedNextTo → Ibn Tulun Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mosque of Ibn Tulun