Al-Hakim Mosque
Al-Hakim Mosque
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Robert O
Rotterdam, Pays-Bas5 752 contributions
avr. 2024 • En solo
The reason this impressive mosque looks quite new is that it basically is a 1980 reconstruction (not to say replica) of the original building. The historic mosque was built around 1000 BC, but fell into disrepair and eventually turned into a ruin. Still worth while to visit to get an impression of what it once was.
Écrit le 29 mai 2024
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Andrey Nikonov
Kolomna, Russie11 630 contributions
oct. 2022
Мечеть аль-Хакима является исторической мечетью, построена в 1013 году. Расположена в исламском Каире, на восточной стороне улицы аль-Муизз, недалеко от ворот Баб аль-Футух. Самой эффектной особенностью мечети являются минареты по обеим сторонам фасада.
Écrit le 18 novembre 2022
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Gonzalo Fernández Fernández
Ribeira, Espagne4 583 contributions
mai 2022
Mezquita ubicada en el la parte musulmana y más antigua de El Cairo, cerca del mercado de Khan el Khalili, merece la visita.
Écrit le 13 juin 2022
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SOQ2010
Massachusetts3 766 contributions
sept. 2020 • En solo
Old stunningly calm mosque in Islamic cairo area on al Muiz street just inside el Fetooh gate.Recently restored it has a open courtyard ,interior and exterior are both worth appreciating.
Écrit le 28 septembre 2020
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KGB777
Singapour, Singapour41 325 contributions
nov. 2019
This is one of the larger mosques in the Sharia Al Muizz area. I didn't go inside as it didn't seem to be open, although probably it would have been possible to bribe the guards to allow entrance.
Écrit le 11 avril 2020
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Yusuf Nanderbadwala
Calcutta, Inde83 contributions
mars 2020 • En solo
A must visit for every tourist to Cairo-Egypt, The mosque displays the zenith of Fatimid architecture
Écrit le 9 mars 2020
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macedonboy
Glasgow, UK185 729 contributions
oct. 2019
The Mosque of al-Hakim is a 10th century mosque named for Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the sixth Fatimid caliph. Design wise the mosque is fairly simple with a large courtyard surrounded by arcades on all four sides. The only distinctive thing I could see about the mosque is the unusual minaret which is clearly a different building material from the rest of the mosque, with an unusual hollow design.
Take a quick look if in Islamic Cairo, but I wouldn’t go out of the way to see it.
Take a quick look if in Islamic Cairo, but I wouldn’t go out of the way to see it.
Écrit le 7 novembre 2019
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Norberto N
Buenos Aires, Argentine12 789 contributions
avr. 2019
La mezquita iluminada, tal su apodo segun los lugareños, dedicada al imán Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, primer Califa Fatimi nacido en Egipto, construida en el siglo X como fortificacion, de alli su gran patio central, poco comun en las mezquitas, lo que mas me llamo la atencion son los 2 increibles minaretes construidos en ladrillo datan del año 1010, son los mas altos de la ciudad, verlos desde abajo son impactantes, imposible no sacarse una foto entre las miles de palomas que anidan alli, muy interesante visita.
Écrit le 14 septembre 2019
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sweetshibainu
Osaka, Japon228 contributions
mars 2019 • En solo
ムイッズ通り観光の最後、フトゥーフ門の手前にあるモスクです。
靴を脱いで入るので、出入り口は混雑しているけど、夕暮れ時に訪れたけど、中はひっそりしていて、ゆっくり見て回れました。ただ、この頃には、モスクも一杯見過ぎて新たな発見はありませんが、大理石が磨かれていてキレイでした。
靴を脱いで入るので、出入り口は混雑しているけど、夕暮れ時に訪れたけど、中はひっそりしていて、ゆっくり見て回れました。ただ、この頃には、モスクも一杯見過ぎて新たな発見はありませんが、大理石が磨かれていてキレイでした。
Écrit le 28 avril 2019
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Mathias S
332 contributions
juill. 2018 • En solo
While the building of the mosque was started by caliph Al-'Aziz, notable for his political successes in Syria and his tolerance towards Christians, it was finished by his son Al-Hakim and bears his name.
I've written my thesis about Al-Hakim so I know too much about him, but I'll try to reduce the information to minimum.
He ruled in years 996-1021. He is notable for the persecution of non-Shias. Partly of Sunnis, whose leaders were officially cursed etc, and which lead to a Sunni uprising in Barwa. Of Jews, but that was a moderate persecution, and mostly of Christians, and that included confiscating all the church properties and an order to destroy all the churches and monasteries in his vast realm. Not to mention other orders. Mass conversions to Islam occured in result. At the end of his life, he changed his attitude towards Christians and allowed them to return to their previous religion and gave them back some of their churches and properties, albeit looted.
He was declared manifestation of divinity by some of his followers, and they, under the name of druzes, still exist in Lebanon (f.e. Shuf mountains), Syria (Hawran / Gabal ad-Duruz plateau), and some villages in Israel.
He was very eccentric and stubborn, and issued a lot of strange orders. F.e. he forbade women from going outside, and, to achieve that, he even forbade producing women shoes. He forbade drinking wine, and destroyed anything that could be used to producing it (honey, raisins, even threatening to destroy wheat granaries). Etc. There are many anecdotes of his reign. He was killing people for even minor actions, and sometimes without an apparent reason. Still, he was quite popular among much of population.
He died in strange circumstances, as he used to have long night travels on his donkey, and once he just didn't return. Etc.
The mosque is as it was built apart from the upper part of the minarets, which were allegedly built by mamluk sultan Ladjin. Ladjin was mostly known for reorganising the finances of Egypt, which included reasigning the land. One person, after he received a new land grant, discovered that is was greatly smaller than his previous one. He came to the sultan asking if there's some kind of mistake. The sultan replied: no, the mistake was made the last time.
In later times, famous Egyptian historian and economist, Al-Maqrizi, author of a big description of medieval Cairo, was the imam of this mosque.
The mosque is nicely restored by the Bohras, one of the offshoots of Isma'ili Shiism, with its leaders claiming descent from Fatimids, Al-Hakim included. They live in India mostly, as far as I know.
I've written my thesis about Al-Hakim so I know too much about him, but I'll try to reduce the information to minimum.
He ruled in years 996-1021. He is notable for the persecution of non-Shias. Partly of Sunnis, whose leaders were officially cursed etc, and which lead to a Sunni uprising in Barwa. Of Jews, but that was a moderate persecution, and mostly of Christians, and that included confiscating all the church properties and an order to destroy all the churches and monasteries in his vast realm. Not to mention other orders. Mass conversions to Islam occured in result. At the end of his life, he changed his attitude towards Christians and allowed them to return to their previous religion and gave them back some of their churches and properties, albeit looted.
He was declared manifestation of divinity by some of his followers, and they, under the name of druzes, still exist in Lebanon (f.e. Shuf mountains), Syria (Hawran / Gabal ad-Duruz plateau), and some villages in Israel.
He was very eccentric and stubborn, and issued a lot of strange orders. F.e. he forbade women from going outside, and, to achieve that, he even forbade producing women shoes. He forbade drinking wine, and destroyed anything that could be used to producing it (honey, raisins, even threatening to destroy wheat granaries). Etc. There are many anecdotes of his reign. He was killing people for even minor actions, and sometimes without an apparent reason. Still, he was quite popular among much of population.
He died in strange circumstances, as he used to have long night travels on his donkey, and once he just didn't return. Etc.
The mosque is as it was built apart from the upper part of the minarets, which were allegedly built by mamluk sultan Ladjin. Ladjin was mostly known for reorganising the finances of Egypt, which included reasigning the land. One person, after he received a new land grant, discovered that is was greatly smaller than his previous one. He came to the sultan asking if there's some kind of mistake. The sultan replied: no, the mistake was made the last time.
In later times, famous Egyptian historian and economist, Al-Maqrizi, author of a big description of medieval Cairo, was the imam of this mosque.
The mosque is nicely restored by the Bohras, one of the offshoots of Isma'ili Shiism, with its leaders claiming descent from Fatimids, Al-Hakim included. They live in India mostly, as far as I know.
Écrit le 17 avril 2019
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