Home Egypt Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
  • Join the Archiqoo Editorial Team

  • Archiqoo invites researchers, academics, and cultural heritage professionals worldwide to contribute their expertise to an initiative dedicated to documenting archaeological and cultural heritage sites. Join our editorial team as a volunteer Editor and help make reliable heritage knowledge accessible to a wider audience.

    Application deadline: November 15, 2026

    Apply as an Editor
  • Al-Mahmoudia Mosque

  • Al-Mahmoudia Mosque

    Al-Mahmoudia Mosque is a historic mosque located in Cairo, Egypt. It was built during the Ottoman era in 1567 AD by the Ottoman governor of Egypt Eyalet Mahmud Pasha who is buried in the mosque. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Historic Cairo.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Cairo.
    World Heritage Site
    Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
    by Sailko, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
    by Ahmedalbadawy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Al-Mahmoudia Mosque
    by Sailko, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 42 m

    Humidity: %
    Wind:
    Powered by: OpenWeatherMap
    Flag of Egypt

    Al-Mahmoudia Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo

    History icon

    16th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

    feature icon

    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

  • 3.7 Average Based on 15 Reviews
  • Current Rating
    Five
    5
    Four
    4
    Three
    3
    Two
    2
    One
    1
    Your Rating