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At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
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Overview
Name
The mosque is named after the Banu Abd Allah ibn Manih ibn Mazrub 2.
Building and renewal
In his account of the Qarafa palace that Sayyida Tafrid, mother of al-Aziz billah, built in 366 AH, al-Maqrizi says that she also built the Jami al-Qarafa. Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah later renewed it and whitewashed it in 520 AH 3.
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.2437
- 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.2456
- 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.2463
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islam.museum contributors. “Jami al-Qarafa Mosque, Cairo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/jami-al-qarafa-mosque-cairo/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.