Al-Hussein Mosque

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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ReferenceKulturenvanteri↗

The al-Hussein Mosque, a mosque and mausoleum in Cairo near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, houses the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali, originally built in 1154 and reconstructed in 1874. Located adjacent to the Al Azhar Mosque in the Al-Hussain district, it ranks among Egypt's holiest Islamic sites. Some Shia believers consider the mosque's shrine to be the burial place of Husayn's head.