Mosque of Amr ibn al-As

Mosque of Amr ibn al-As

Year

642

Type

building

The first mosque built in Egypt and in all of Africa, founded by the Arab general Amr ibn al-As in 642 CE at the site of his military encampment in Fustat. Nothing of the original 7th-century structure survives; the current building is prim …

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