Mosque of Ibn Tulun

The Ibn Tulun Mosque is quite possibly of the most generally important mosque in Cairo and you can now explore it during Egypt tours. It remains as a demonstration of the rich social and building legacy of the Islamic world. Here is an outline of the Ibn Tulun Mosque:

History of Ibn Tulun Mosque:

The Ibn Tulun Mosque was implicit the 9th century, somewhere in the range of 876 and 879 AD, during the rule of Ahmad ibn Tulun, the organizer behind the Tulunid Dynasty in Egypt.

It is one of the most established and biggest mosques in Cairo and remains amazingly very much safeguarded, displaying early Islamic compositional and imaginative highlights.

Architectural Significance:

The mosque is famous for its new and innovative structural plan, which blends components of Islamic, Coptic and Abbasid design styles that you will enjoy in our Egypt travel packages. Its most visible element is the twisted minaret, which is often contrasted with the magnificent Samarra Mosque in Iraq, this minaret that you can see during Egypt classic tours is the oldest of its kind in Egypt. The form of the mosque includes an open courtyard surrounded by porticoes with pointed curves, a central prayer hall, and a sanctuary (mihrab). The use of red blocks in its development is another distinctive trademark.

Spiral Minaret:

The spiral minaret is a architectural wonder and you can visit in our Cairo day tours, with an outer winding slope that permits admittance to the top. Guests in their Egypt day tours can climb the minaret for all panoramic perspectives on Cairo. The minaret filled both commonsense and representative needs, working as a call to prayer and an image of the Islamic faith.

Mihrab and Qibla Wall:

The mihrab and qibla wall are perfectly decorated with intricate plaster carvings and Arabic calligraphy, showing the imaginative ability of the time and now you can take your family to a really nice tour in our Egypt family tours to explore this historical mosque. The mihrab shows the direction of Mecca and is a meeting point inside the mosque.

The Ibn Tulun Mosque is one of the best Cairo attractions, and the mosque has an inherent importance that goes beyond its structural excellence. It is a picture of the rule of the Tulunid dynasty in Egypt during the ninth century.

Preservation and Restoration:

The Ibn Tulun Mosque has gone through a few reclamation and safeguarding endeavors over the course of the hundreds of years to keep up with its verifiable and building respectability. Today, the mosque is available to guests in our Egypt budget tours, and it keeps on being a position of love for Muslims in Cairo.

Visiting the Ibn Tulun Mosque with Egypt shore excursions resembles venturing back so as to observe the compositional and creative accomplishments of early Islamic human progress. Its exceptional plan and verifiable significance make it a must-visit place in our Egypt luxury tours for those intrigued by Egypt's rich social legacy and Islamic history.

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