| Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar | |
|---|---|
 View of the mosque from al-Khalifa street | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | al-Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt |
| Geographic coordinates | 30°1′37″N 31°15′7.5″E / 30.02694°N 31.252083°E / 30.02694; 31.252083 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque, mausoleum |
| Style | Neo-Mamluk |
| Completed | 1904 (current structure) |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn. The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.
History
Origins
The mosque is named after to Amna bint al-Hussein ibn Ali, a descendant of Muhammad. She was born in the 7th century and her mother was Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, a daughter of the chief of the Banu Kalb tribe. Rubab nicknamed her Sakina or Sukayna (Arabic: سكينة, lit. 'tranquility, peace'). Historians have differed on whether her tomb in Cairo is in fact her true resting place. Those who acknowledge it rely on the following story: she was betrothed to Al-Asbagh ibn Abdul Aziz and sent to Egypt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, but she found out that he had cheated, so she went back.
Construction history
A mosque was built over the site of the tomb in 1760 through the patronage of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a mamluk official. It was replaced by a new mosque built in 1904 by Khedive Abbas II in a neo-Mamluk style.
References
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- Reyshahri, Mohammad (2009). دانشنامه امام حسين [The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn] (in Persian). Vol. 1. p. 371. ISBN 9789644931.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - Naji, Mohammad-Reza; Mohammad-Zadeh, Marziya (2017). "سكينة بنت حسین" [Sakina bint Husayn]. Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 24. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation.
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- El Rashidi, Seif; Bowker, Sam (2018). The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61797-902-6.
