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The Fifth Settlement (Arabic: التجمع الخامس, literally means "the Fifth Gathering"; commonly shortened to: التجمع et-Tagammoʿ pronounced [et.tæˈɡæm.moʕ]) forms a qism (also known as Al-Qahira al-Gadida Awwal, New Cairo 1 police ward) in the New Cairo satellite city, in the Eastern Area of Cairo Governorate, Egypt.
The al-Hakim Mosque was also known by an epithet, al-Anwar ('the Illuminated'), similar in style to the name of the earlier al-Azhar Mosque founded by the Fatimids. [1] At the time of inauguration, al-Hakim permitted a celebratory procession which made its way from al-Azhar to al-Anwar and from al-Anwar back to al-Azhar.
The Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar, also known as the Mosque-Sabil-Kuttab of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar (Arabic: مسجد وسبيل سليمان أغا السلحدار), is a complex of mosque, sabil and kuttab established during the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt.
New Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الجديدة el-Qāhera el-Gedīda) is a satellite city within the metropolitan area of Cairo, Egypt.Administratively, it is part of the Eastern Area of Cairo, [2] administered by the New Urban Communities Authority. [3]
In January 2017, following twin terrorist attacks that killed at least 27 Coptic Egyptians at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Cairo in December 2016, the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi commissioned the construction of the country's largest mosque and church in the new administrative capital to become symbols of coexistence and national unity. [7]
The mosque occupies almost 8000 square meters in a location close to the Citadel of Cairo. [1] It stands on the site of a lavish palace which had previously been built at great cost by Hasan's father, Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, for one of his amirs, Yalbugha al-Yahawi, and which was demolished to make way for the mosque.
The mosque includes 2 Qur'an memorization houses for boys and girls on 340 square metres (3,700 sq ft), a library on 395 square metres (4,250 sq ft), the administrative offices, the generator chamber, 2 control rooms for electricity, the stores, the conference room for 40 persons equipped with 94 WCs for men and women and a water tank with a ...
Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center, which houses Masjid Misr or the Grand Mosque, is a religious and architectural landmark located in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. [1] The center covers an area of 467000 square meters, and can accommodate 137,000 people.