Mosque monument

Mosque monuments are places of worship that usually feature highly skilled calligraphy and geometric artwork. This article contains a list of the most important of these monuments.

Monument Types

Andalucian Mosques

• Cordoba Mosque

Fatimid Mosques

• Al-Azhar Mosque
• Al-Hussein Mosque
• Sayyeda Nafisa Mosque

Mamluk Mosques

• Blue Mosque, Cairo
• Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo
• Sultan Farag ibn Barquq Khanqah, Cairo
• Sultan Barquq Mosque, Cairo
• El-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, Cairo
• Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, Cairo
• Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, Cairo

Ottoman Mosques

• Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo
• Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
• Beyazit Mosque, Istanbul
• Eyup Sultan Mosque, Istanbul
• Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
• Yeni Mosque, Istanbul
• Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
• Ortakoy Mosque, Istanbul

References

1. Swidan, Tariq, The Pictorial History of Al-Andalus, Kuwait: Ibdaa Fikry, 2006.
2. Williams, Caroline, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press 2002.

See also

• Monuments