Mosque of Muhammad Ali

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is a magnificent gem in the fortified citadel.

Imagine that you are in a very beautiful place surrounded by walls decorated with alabaster marble, which is a rare type of marble in Egypt. Imagine that you visited a high mountain inside which there is a building designed in the Ottoman Islamic style, and you can visit it through Egypt private tours.

This fantasy will turn into reality when you visit the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in Egypt if you are interested in visiting historical places glorified by ancient and modern history. It is most appropriate for you to visit the Mosque of Muhammad Ali through Cairo day tours.

This archaeological site is called the Alabaster Mosque, because the mosque from the inside contains marble made of alabaster. This marble is eye-catching.

You have never seen a mosque like this before. This mosque was built during the reign of the ruler of the Ottoman Empire Muhammad Ali Pasha. This ruler was not Egyptian, but Macedonian. He was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire in Egypt.

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali was distinguished by the precision of design and expansion. The construction of the mosque took about eighteen years, a great period in which the designers made a great effort to produce a historical achievement that tells of hard work, seriousness and sacrifice. Visit this ancient mosque through Egypt tour packages.

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is similar to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. When you enter the Muqattam Mountain area, you are in this case an important guest, not only to visit the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, but also to visit a large number of mosques inside the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, for example, the Mosque of al-Nasir Qalawun, the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, the Mosque of al-Rifai and other mosques.

All these mosques are historical mosques built in different Islamic eras, and the common denominator between all these sites is that they contain creativity in construction and skill in design. When you tour this archaeological area through Egypt day tours, you will see the minarets and domes from a distance.

The skilled designer who designed the Mosque of Muhammad Ali.

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is a mosque in which the skills and experiences of architects from the East and the West were used. Muhammad Ali Pasha's plan relied on diversity in the construction of the mosque.

Muhammad Ali did not only have one designer to design the mosque, but he also sought the help of many designers from Egypt and outside Egypt. When you visit the mosque, you will notice that it is not a traditional mosque, but rather a building in which Ottoman expertise was used to give it an Ottoman character and Egyptian expertise to decorate and paint it from the outside and inside. If you like to see it, you should go through the Egypt Classic tours.

Before entering the mosque, you will be amazed by the mosque's minarets, which are four and eight meters high, and its magnificent silver domes.

Muhammad Ali sought the help of a Frenchman named Pascal Coste to contribute to the design of the mosque, but the project was halted. After ten years, Muhammad Ali summoned some experts, including the Turkish engineer Yusuf Bashnaq, and asked him to design the mosque in a manner befitting Muhammad Ali Pasha. This Turkish designer borrowed the design of the mosque from the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul.

The designer who implemented the construction of this mosque is unknown, but after searching for the name of the person who helped the designer, whose name is Ali Hassan, this assistant was supervising the organization of the stones with which the mosque was built.

Muhammad Ali ordered some talented painters to draw some things inside the mosque, and the designers were interested in making and decorating the decorations, and when you visit the mosque through the Egypt luxury tours, you will notice the attractive copper decorations drawn by a Roman artist.

The sculptors did their best to present wonderful artifacts that express the ancient heritage, and talented workers participated in it and took a long time to complete the historical Islamic work, indicating that the era of Muhammad Ali was an era of achievements that the world had never seen before.

When you visit the Muhammad Ali Mosque, make sure that you are in a museum that radiates Islamic history and culture. If you are a fan of Islamic culture, you should go and spend more time through the 10 days Egypt tour packages .

Get ready to take a tour inside the Muhammad Ali Mosque.

Have you ever seen such a mosque covered in marble and golden engravings on it? This mosque is a living piece of Istanbul's historical mosques. You will find this mosque in the shape of a rectangle, this rectangle has two sides, the first side is a place for prayer and it is square, and if you look up you will see a great dome with shiny decorations and attractive lights, the height of this dome is 52 meters. Around this dome is a group of semi-domes, the second side is an open courtyard surrounded by four corridors supported by marble columns, and before entering the mosque you will be amazed by the beauty of the oval domes and if you like to enjoy all this you can go even if it is on holidays such as Egypt Christmas tours .

These domes are covered in silver above the domes you will find a copper crescent and if you think about taking a tour around the mosque through the Egypt short tours packages you will notice that the mosque has three very wonderful facades, these facades face the Citadel of Saladin.

This mosque is characterized by the presence of 261 windows and this large number of windows made this mosque well-ventilated and there is sufficient lighting inside the mosque and memorial photos will be taken next to the copper tower that contains stained glass.

This tower contains the accurate clock that Louis, King of France, presented to Muhammad Ali Pasha. In the Muhammad Ali Mosque you will find three niches. The main niche was designed during the reign of King Farouk I and it is wonderful to find two pulpits.

The first is made of wood and is one of the most beautiful pulpits in Egypt and its green color contains various beautiful decorations and the second is made of marble.

Muhammad Ali Mosque is a jewel within the greatest treasure.

If you go to the Muhammad Ali Mosque, you must enter the Citadel of Saladin Al-Ayyubi that this mosque includes. It will be a wonderful opportunity to take a tour inside the fortified castle that was built in the Ayyubid era during the reign of Saladin, the Muslim leader who ordered the construction of this castle to repel any external attack. This castle also caught the attention of Muhammad Ali Pasha. For a more enriching experience, consider exploring with Egypt Family Tours , which offers insightful and family-friendly tours of these historical sites.

He made many repairs inside the castle and also ordered the construction of a tomb for himself inside the Muhammad Ali Mosque. The construction of this mosque continued until Muhammad Ali’s death. After Muhammad Ali’s death, Khedive Abbas Hilmi continued the maintenance, painting, gates, and teaching.

If you want to enjoy and learn more about Islamic history, take a tour through the 7 days Egypt tours in a place full of surprises and a sense of fun, and do not hesitate to visit the elevated Mokattam area on which the Citadel of Saladin was built.

This castle includes one of the most beautiful Islamic mosques that express beautiful Islamic art. The amazing thing is that it is characterized by the Ottoman style in construction. You can enjoy the external view of the mosque that will amaze you with its beauty. One of the advantages that you can get from there is that you can visit many historical mosques located next to the Muhammad Ali Mosque, all in a short time. The Citadel of Saladin, which contains the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, is one of the most impressive and well-fortified castles in the world. For those interested in exploring these historical treasures at a reasonable cost, Egypt budget tours provide an excellent way to experience the rich history and stunning architecture of this area.

In the end, you will realize that the Mosque of Muhammad Ali is located within a magnificent heritage treasure, this treasure tells the story of a great period in the history of the Islamic world.

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