.. been to Egypt, its civilization, its arts and cultures of deals, which continued after that, wearing a Muslim andgained the properties of an Islamist, in the fields of architecture, thought, art, culture and rich land of Egypt, many of the monumentsremaining witness to the Egypt in the Middle Ages Islamic.
The most important Islamic monuments in Cairo
The city of Cairo was established in the Islamic era at the hands of the essence of Sicilian leader, and played an important role as a beacon lighthouses of the Islamic civilization, so rich in many of the city of Cairo, antiquities and shrines remaining witness to the status of this city and its development in the centuries of successive Islamic. Labs and Islamic monuments in Cairo:
Mosque of Amr ibn al-Aas
It has built this mosque year 21 Hijri, corresponding to 641 AD andwas once established center of government and the nucleus of an invitation to the Islamic religion in Egypt, and then built around thecity of Fustat, which is the first capitals of Islamic Egypt, and it wasthe site chosen by Amr ibn al-Aas to build this mosque at the time,overlooking the Nile as it oversees the Fortress of Babylon, which is located next to it, and because of this mosque is the first mosquebuilt in Egypt, has been known by several names including the Whole and the crown of the ancient mosques.
Al-Azhar mosque
Al-Azhar mosque is the most famous mosque and a beacon ofscience and Islamic thought since its inception more than athousand years until today .. It is the most important Islamic landmarks in the city of Cairo in Egypt, all of When The commander of the essence of Sicilian author to Egypt in 358 AH / 969 AD by the Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Fatimid To open it was to him, ending the era of the Tulunid and begin the era of the Fatimid state, and if theMosque of Amr ibn al-Aas was the first mosque built in Egypt, theIslamic Al-Azhar Mosque is the fourth of the mosques that were builtand the first mosque built in Cairo city.
Al-Azhar mosque
The essence of Sicilian proceeded to build this mosque with theFatimid palace in Cairo to pray for the caliph and to be a place tocall began construction by the year AH 359 / 970 AD and held the first Friday prayers by the year 361 AH / 973 CE and was knownMosque in Cairo.
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
There is in the Citadel in Cairo, the most famous features of the castle so that many believe that the citadel of Saladin is a castle of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Fame by this mosque, also called theAlabaster Mosque is also a kind of rare types of marble covered with tags.
The sources and the various references that once completed the reform of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Citadel of Saladin and the finishedbuilding his palaces and his poetry and the whole school saw a large mosque to build a castle for the performance of its obligationsand to be a headstone.
Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad
Built this mosque for nearly 700 years and is the center of the castleis almost as if running an old south-east corner of the courtyard orspacious, which was known as "spacious"red in the face of the door of the castle and was offset by iwan Nazareth great on the northwest corner, and remained this mosque is the mosque of the castle EvenMuhammad Ali Pasha established university in an interview. built byKing al-Nasir Muhammad in the year AH 718 / AD 1318.
Citadel of Saladin
Castle Saladin, known as the Citadel one of the most importantfeatures of Islamic Cairo and is located in the neighborhood, "Castle" has been erected on one of the hills are separated from the cliffs on the outskirts of Cairo, is one of the finest castlesconstructed hostilities in the Middle Ages, Muhammad Ali mosque inside a strategic first-class Provided by this site, including theimportance of the defensive because it controls the cities of Cairoand Fustat, as it constitutes a natural barrier up between the two cities.
Built this mosque for nearly 700 years and is the center of the castleis almost as if running an old south-east corner of the courtyard orspacious, which was known as "spacious"red in the face of the door of the castle and was offset by iwan Nazareth great on the northwest corner, and remained this mosque is the mosque of the castle EvenMuhammad Ali Pasha established university in an interview. built byKing al-Nasir Muhammad in the year AH 718 / AD 1318.Citadel of Saladin
Was founded by Salah al-Din of this castle on a hill from the cliffs,and his brother, King was finished just in 1208, Cairo in order to secure against possible invasions.
Nilometer kindergarten
Is a measure of the Nile kindergarten of the most important effects of the Abbasid state, and had known the Egyptians since ancient times, the construction of standards in various parts of the country to acquaint themselves with the high Nile because of his close relationship with wild land and the collection of abscess - andsuggests the Arabic sources to many of the standards establishedin Egypt after the Arab conquest .
The most important Islamic monuments in Alexandria
Alexandria city full of many Islamic monuments, including:
Castle Qaitbay
Established the fortress of Sultan Malik al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Al-Mahmoudi Bey year 882 AH / 1477 place of the old MannyAlexandria when the eastern edge of the island of Pharos. When he visited the Sultan Bey in Alexandria year 882 AH / 1477 went to the site of the old and the Al-Manar is to build on the basis of the oldtower, later known as Castle or Fortress of Bey of construction was completed after two years from the date of construction.
Because Bey Citadel in Alexandria is one of the most importantfortresses on the coast of the Mediterranean was concerned withthe sultans and the rulers of Egypt over the centuries of history.
Mosque of Almorsy Abu Abbas
Of the most important mosques of Alexandria Mosque of AbuAbbas, a marina God knows Sheikh Shihab al-Din Abu-AbbasAhmad bin Hassan bin Ali Ansari Khazraji marina who was born in616 AH 219 AD, and Abu Abbas grew up in a good environmentprepared for mysticism
And oversees the mosque on the eastern port Anfoushi a buildingon the Andalusian and has marble columns
And copper columns and octagonal in shape,
The main feature of the mosque decoration of the Arab and Andalusian style, and the dome above the tomb of the Western Abu Abbas and his two sons.
Mosque Busayri
Attributed to Imam Mosque Busayri Busayri is Sharaf al-Din Muhammad ibn Said Busayri Balboasiri was born in 608 AH / 1213AH
And no known Imam Busayri Sufi poetry in the love of God andpraise of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him
Signed a customs collector Busayri district, overlooking the easternport city of Alexandria in an area known as the mosque, an areafamous for the existence of a group of Muslim shrines, which includes many of the tombs of the righteous friends of God who came to the city of Alexandria in the era of the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
Mosque of the Prophet Daniel
Attributed to the mosque to a knowledgeable Allah, SheikhMohammed Daniel Musli a Senate Shafi'i school and had beensubmitted to the city of Alexandria at the end of the eighth century AH and took the city of Alexandria, a place to teach the fundamentals of Islam and science of the statutes on the approachShaafa'is remained in Alexandria until his death in 810 AH buriedthe mosque and became His tomb a shrine to the people and themosque of the Prophet Daniel is located in the street in his name-known.
The most important Islamic monuments in the oases
Found many of the oasis city of Islamic monuments, which was attributed to the different eras, including:
There are raised Muslim in the most important of many within the dome and tomb of Sheikh Alepeshnde
Village Islamic Tiles
Due to the Turkish era and is still highly populated
Village Islamic palace
Due to the Ayyubid and the wooden minaret consists of three floorsup 21 There is also a threshold of wood inscribed with Quranic verses
The most important Islamic monuments in Sinai
Islamic monuments in North Sinai
The effects of El Arish and Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah
Is the last three points on the road known as the Military by Horus, and the El-Arish is a famous city at the top of the valley of El-Arish .. And has since ancient times, Egyptian port and an important strategic center on the path of Horus .. And one of the main centers of the Egyptian army during the era of modern pharaonic state ..But no remains of the fortifications and temples little.
The most important thing now is the castle of El Arish, which are now left wall height of about 8 square meters and the length of rib north and south and 85 meters east and west of 75 meters, which was adopted by the Turks on the castle often in their struggles, even the First World War.
The Tel-Sheikh Zuwaid located north of the city, Sheikh Zuwaid current .. And spread by the archaeological evidence and clear ..Where found traces of the pharaonic modern state and the remnants of the Church of the Christian era.
Finally, an important point of Rafah on the border between Egypt and Palestine .. And was mentioned frequently in the texts of the modern state, but no remains of the effects, the remnants of the stones of a Christian church of the seventh century AD.
Castles Road East
In addition to the main road parallel to the coast in northern Sinai has been known to last through the start of the Gulf of Suez directly to the head of the Gulf of Aqaba .. Marra, central Sinai .. Which is known as the Hajj, where he was coached by pilgrims from Egypt and North Africa to Mecca and Medina.
But the effects of this road show that he also had a military significance given the large number of castles that are located on or near it, including: castle soldier near Castle Sidr, Sultan Al-Ghouri at palm trees and the Citadel of Salah al-Din on the island of Pharaoh at Taba.
Castle palm
It is located on a high plateau city of palm trees near the international road in central Sinai. And was built by the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh Ghori in 1516 before its defeat at the hands of Ottoman Turks a few months. And the castle is a square-shaped building with five towers, built of carved stone. Was the Ottoman Sultan Murad III in 1594 and renovated inscription on the gate key words Maulana Sultan Izz Mradjan victory and is characterized by Castle's strategic location on the palm trees surrounding areas in all directions.
Islamic monuments in South Sinai
Castle Soldier
This castle is located on the hill top of the soldier who rise up to 2150 feet above sea level .. And rises 500 feet above the plain flat expanding around him from all sides. . The hill has a unique shape, and location of the governor make it a natural phenomenon with the naked eye from a distance of several kilometers, and it stands revealed, of course, far from such a distance.
The building is linked to the historical facts of the castle and began to Salah al-Din in the construction of this castle in 1183 was construction in 1187, a date corresponding to the AH until now engraved on the door of the castle.
Citadel of Salah al-Din
Represent the Citadel of Salah al-Din on the island of Pharaoh in the Sinai, the value of historical and archaeological great .. Where she played the castle towering role of guardian of the shores of Arabic in Egypt and the Hijaz, Jordan and Palestine alike, and contributed to the prevention of military threats during the conflict Crusader - Arab, where the Islamic Egypt represents a protective shield for the Arab and Islamic world during that conflict.
This castle was built on this island, about 60 kilometers from the city of Nuweiba .. And at a distance of about 8 kilometers south of Taba to be a forward base to secure the Gulf of Aqaba from any invasion of crusade.
The archaeological excavations revealed that this island has been used for military purposes in ancient times, but now the remaining buildings date back to the Ayyubid period, when he ordered built by Saladin in 1170 to be one of the important castles in the struggle with the Crusaders.
Includes Citadel of Salah al-Din are two sets of fortifications: north and south. Each is a fortress and independent through use of the terrain so that the island is ideally built Kulotain to soften, the northern two larger and more detailed, but contained the central plain between the two has been set up warehouses and the mosque and the rooms. It takes Bakulotain and easy East external wall parallel to the beach in the Gulf rib east and west by six towers directly overlooks the Gulf waters. The North fortifications, they rise up and interspersed with towers at the ends of the upper Little North. There are towers nine holes to throw the arrows in three directions. The thick walls, it contains the roads were used to stand behind the soldiers to throw darts.
This area includes also the airport of pigeon, where archaeologists have found in some of the letters exchanged between Cairo and the Citadel and conveyed by carrier pigeon
