Aqmar mosque is a mosque in Fatimid Cairo, and this mosque is located in the Alnahacen Street, and was built by the minister (El mamoun ben elbatayhi) by order of the Caliph , at year 519 AH (1125 AD).
Tells (Maqrizi) that the mosque was built in place of a monastery which was called (well greatness), as they used to contain the bones of some of the martyrs of the Copts.
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| Inscription on the entrance to the mosque |
The mosque was called by that name because of the color of the white stones that resemble the color of the moon.
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