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Overview
The Attarine Mosque in Alexandria was built by Badr al-Jamali, Amir al-Juyush, from confiscated funds, and finished in Rabi' I 479 AH 1.
The taking of Alexandria
Al-Maqrizi says that Badr besieged Alexandria for several days in Muharram 477 AH, after a group there had risen with his son al-Awhad, and took it by force 1.
Badr
Al-Maqrizi says that Abu al-Najm Badr al-Jamali was an Armenian mamluk of Jamal al-Dawla ibn Ammar, and was named al-Jamali after him 2.
Sources
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1078
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1077
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islam.museum contributors. “Attarine Mosque, Alexandria”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/attarine-mosque-alexandria/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.