Constructed in 879, Cairo's oldest surviving mosque in its original form was built to accommodate the Tulunid Dynasty founder, Ahmad Ibn Tulun, and his entire army during Friday prayers. His ...

An Egyptian Muslim pauses inside Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun in Cairo. The mosque, completed in 879, is considered the city’s oldest that has survived in its original form.

state. It has been built by Ahmad Ibn Tulun on a large area of six acres. Its’ construction began in 263 AH - 876 AD, and was completed in 265 AH. -It is considered a third mosque that was established ...

The Ibn Tulun Mosque in Sayeda Zeinab district will welcome for the first time at night worshipers for prayers in Ramadan This week, and for the first time since its restoration in 2002, the ...

Only minutes before, the vast expanses of the Ibn Tulun mosque, one of the largest in the world, had been packed with Muslims — praying, listening to the Friday sermon, observing the most ...

CAIRO, May 10 (KUNA) -- Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time.

In Cairo's Al-Sayeda Zeinab district, the Mosque of Ibn Tulun stands as imposing as when it was first constructed in 876 on top of a hill known as Gabal Yashkur.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time, the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) reported on Wednesday.

CAIRO, May 10 (KUNA) -- Mosque of Ibn Tulun in the Egyptian capital Cairo is an example of Islamic architecture that stood the test of time. The mosque is the third oldest in the capital and its ...