Sayyida Zainab Mosque, Cairo

Sayyida Zaynab Mosque
مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
StatusActive
Location
LocationSaliba Street, Sayyidah Zainab District, Islamic Cairo
CountryEgypt
Interactive map of Sayyida Zaynab Mosque
Coordinates30°1′54″N 31°14′31″E / 30.03167°N 31.24194°E / 30.03167; 31.24194
Architecture
TypeMosque
Style
Completed
  • unknown (original)
  • 1547 (renovation)
  • 1768 (renovation)
  • 1940 (current structure)
Specifications
Dome1
Minaret1

The Sayyida Zaynab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanizedMasjid As-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a mosque and mausoleum located on Portsaid Street in the Sayyidah Zainab District of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the largest and most important mosques of the city. It is centred on a shrine that is said to contain the tomb of Sayyidah Zaynab bint Ali, one of the daughters of Ali, fourth caliph, and his first wife Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is considered one of the patron saints of Cairo.