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Aqsunqur Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد آق , Turkish : Aksungur Camii ; also known as the Blue Mosque ( Arabic : الجامع الأزرق , Turkish : Mavi Cami ) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ( Arabic : مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان , Turkish : İbrahim Ağa Camii ) is located in Cairo , Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter ( Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo , between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo . The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Look up Mosque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Interior of the Blue Mosque in Cairo (September 2007). Note the blue tiles which lend this mosque its name. The Blue Mosque (or the Aqsunqur Mosque ) located in Cairo , Egypt is one of several blue mosques in the world. Completed in 1347 , the Blue Mosque, located in the heart of Islamic Cairo, is of Mamluk origin. The mosque is located on Bab el-Wazir Street. As of January 2008 it is undergoing extensive renovation.
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The Aqsunqur Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ) is located in Cairo , Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world.It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter in Islamic Cairo , between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Saladin (Cairo Citadel.) The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
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The Aqsunqur Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ) is located in Cairo , Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter ( Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo , between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Saladin (Cairo Citadel.) The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
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The Aqsunqur Mosque ( , ; also known as the Blue Mosque ( , ) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha ( , ) is located in Cairo , Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter ( Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo , between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo . The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
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one of several blue mosques in the world
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mosque located in islamic cairo
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