Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo , Egypt

Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. Ahmed Ibn Tulun, the Abbasid governor of Egypt, ordered the construction of the mosque in 876 AD. The mosque was built in a distinctive style said to be inspired by the Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq. Characterized

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