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الجامع الأزهر

First prayers in al-Azhar

361 AH · 972 CE

Cairo (al-Qahira) القاهرة

The Fatimids open al-Azhar mosque in their new city of Cairo. Under the Ayyubids and Mamluks it becomes a great centre of Sunni learning, and it remains one today.

The courtyard of al-Azhar, Cairo
The courtyard of al-Azhar, Cairo
Photo: CumaliOnal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

  • al-Maqrizi, al-Khitat
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.