Aqsunqur Mosque

Aqsunqur Mosque
مسجد آق
The sahn
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque and mausoleum
StatusActive
Location
LocationBab el-Wazir Street, Darb al-Ahmar, Islamic Cairo
CountryEgypt
Interactive map of Aqsunqur Mosque
Coordinates30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Architecture
TypeMosque
Style
FounderShams ad-Din Aqsunqur
Completed
  • 1347 (original)
  • 1652 (current)
Specifications
Dome5
Minaret1
MaterialsStalactite, brick, wood, marble

The Aqsunqur Mosque (Arabic: مسجد آق; Turkish: Aksungur Camii), also known as the Blue Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزرق, Turkish: Mavi Cami), or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (Arabic: مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان, Turkish: İbrahim Ağa Camii), is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is situated in the Tabbana Quarter of Darb al-Ahmar district, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo.

The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.