Sinan Pasha Mosque (Cairo)

The Sinan Pasha Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سنان باشا) is a mosque in the Bulaq district in Cairo. It was established by the governor of Cairo Koca Sinan Pasha around 1571.

Sinan Pasha Mosque
مسجد سنان باشا
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Status	active
Location
Location	Bulaq, Cairo, Egypt
Shown within Egypt
Geographic coordinates	30.062109°N 31.229399°E / 30.062109; 31.229399
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Specifications
Direction of façade	Northwest
Dome dia. (outer)	ca. 15 m[1]
Minaret(s)	1

c.1800 sketch

When the mosque was built the site was on the Nile shore which has since shifted westward.^[1] The mosque's architecture combines Mamluk and Ottoman features. The last include its free-standing position in a garden and the gallery surrounding its square prayer hall on three sides roofed with eleven shallow domes. The dome roofing the prayer hall is the largest stone dome in Cairo. The mosque has a pencil-shaped minaret at its southern corner. The prayer hall's three entrance portals are decorated with Muqarnas.

The interior is influenced by the Fadawiya Mausoleum.^[1] There is a wooden dikka on the northeastern side.

The mosque was once part of a complex with three khans.^[2] Its hamam still exists.^[3]