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The mosque of Qijmas al-Ishaqi was built in 1479 to 1481 by an amir of Sultan Qaytbay. It is known locally as the mosque of Abu Hurayba, after the Sufi shaykh…
The mosque of Qijmas al-Ishaqi was built in 1479 to 1481 by an amir of Sultan Qaytbay. It is known locally as the mosque of Abu Hurayba, after the Sufi shaykh Ahmad Abu Hurayba who was buried in it in the nineteenth century. The mosque is known for its finely carved stone, marble floors and coloured glass windows, and it is pictured on the Egyptian fifty-pound note. It stands on Darb al-Ahmar Street, between Bab Zuwayla and the Blue Mosque.