Mosque of Amr Ibn Al As

The superb Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque considered the first Mosque built in Egypt, It was built in Al-Fustat, known as Crown of the Mosques, Erected in 642 AD (21 AH) by Amr Ibn al As, also not only used for worship, but used as a court for settling religious and civil disputes for islamic khalifa.

The original structure was rectangular built with a low shed of wood and palm leaves supported on columns of palm stems, stones, and mud bricks while the floor was covered with gravel, present mosque is a 19th-century reconstruction that still preserves design elements and work from various periods of the building’s history.

The mosque has 150 white marble columns and three minarets Simple in design, its present plan consists of an open sahn (court) surrounded by four riwaqs, the largest being the Qiblah riwaq There are many other ancient legions related to the Mosque.

despite of the fact that most of its original structure has been replaced, the mosque’s historical significance as the site of the first Muslim settlement in Egypt and the first mosque in Africa still attracts tourists, It is located in Old Cairo (Fustat) closed to Mar Gargis metro station and Coptic Cairo