The Mosque of Ar-Rifai ( Arabicمسجد الرفاعي ) - is located in Cairo - the capital of Egypt . The building is located near the Cairo citadel opposite the mosque of the Sultan Hassan , built in 1361 , and was conceived as an addition to the old architectural complex, becoming part of the extensive campaign of the rulers of Egypt to restore the glory of the early history of Islam in the country. The mosque was built next to two large squares, from which a number of European-style boulevards departed.
| Mosque | |
| Ar-Rifai Mosque | |
|---|---|
| Arab. مسجد الرفاعي | |
 Ar-Rifai Mosque in 2010 . | |
| A country |  Egypt |
| City |  Cairo |
| Coordinates | |
| Current, school | Sunni |
| Type of mosque | Juma mosque |
| Architectural style | Islamic architecture |
| Architect | Hussein Fahmi Pasha al-Mimar Max Herz |
| Construction initiator | Khushiyar Khanum |
| Building | 1869 - 1912 |
| condition | acting |
| Tarawih |  |
| Iftar and Suhur | |
Construction
The Ar-Rifai Mosque was erected in two stages between 1869 and 1912 , when it was finally completed. The order came from Hushiyar-hanym , the mother of the Khedive Ismail Pasha , who wanted to expand and replace the zawiya built in the Middle Ages over the grave of Ahmad ar-Rifai. Zawiya was a place of pilgrimage for local residents who believed that the tomb had mystical healing properties. Hushiyar-hanym provided a dual purpose for the new mosque: as a house for Sufi shrines and a mausoleum for the royal family of Egypt. Initially, Hussein Fahmi Pasha al-Mimar , a distant relative of the royal dynasty founded by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in 1803, became the architect of the project. However, al-Mimar died during the first phase of construction, and the construction of the complex was stopped after the Khedive Ismail Pasha abdicated in 1880 , and Khushiyar-khanim died in 1885 . Construction was resumed in 1905 on the orders of the new Khedive Abbas II Hilmi , but now under the leadership of the Hungarian architect and the head of the Committee for the Preservation of Arab Monuments in Cairo, Max Herz [1] [2] .
Burials
In the center of the mosque there is a mausoleum with the grave of Ahmad Ar-Rifai, in addition, Sufi saints Ali Abi-Shubbak and Yahya al-Ansari are buried there; members of the royal family of Egypt: Hushiyar-hanym , her son Ismail Pasha , his son Fuad I , his son - the last king of Egypt, Farouk I , abdicated in 1952 and died in exile in Rome , his late daughter Ferial ; members of the royal family of Iran: Reza Shah [3] [4] and his son Mohammed Reza Pahlavi , who died in exile in Johannesburg and Cairo, respectively [5] .
| Tombstone of the grave of Ismail Pasha . | Tombstone of the tomb of Fuad I. | Tombstone of the tomb of Farouk I. | Tombstone of the grave of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi . |
Notes
- ↑ Samir, Salwa . Meeting a royal family at Al-Rifa'i (October 4, 2012). Date of treatment September 17, 2014.
- ↑ Architectural History Matters: Sultan Hassan Rifa`i Mosques Neopr . Cairobserver (December 2, 2012). Date of treatment September 17, 2014.
- ↑ Reza Shah (December 12, 2010). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Imperial Iran - The House of Pahlavi . Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ The Mosque of Al Rifa'i unopened (unavailable link) . Arab academy (July 16, 2010). Date of treatment September 17, 2014. Archived March 5, 2016.
Links
- Ar-Rifai Mosque on the Find a Grave website.