Sidi Bishr Mosque
Mosque in Alexandria, Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sidi Bishr Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي بشر, romanized: Masjid Sīdī Bishr) is an Egyptian mosque in the Sidi Bishr neighborhood of Alexandria.[1] It is named after Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH (late 11th-century to early 12th-century CE) sheikh who lived in Alexandria after coming from the Maghreb.[2][3][4][5]
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Sidi Bishr Mosque | |
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مسجد سيدي بشر | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
District | Sidi Bishr |
Location | |
Location | Alexandria |
Country | Egypt |
Geographic coordinates | 31.2616°N 29.9853°E / 31.2616; 29.9853 |
Architecture | |
Completed | late 19th century |
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