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  • Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque

  • Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque

    Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque is a historic mosque located outside the southern entrance to the old walled city of Cairo, Egypt. It was built by the vizier Tala'i ibn Ruzzik in 1160 AD under the rule of the last Fatimid caliph Al-Adid. 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-Salih Tala’i Mosque
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    Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque
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    Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque
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    Al-Salih Tala’i Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Egypt

    Cairo

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    12th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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