Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna

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	View of the mosque from al-Khalifa street
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	al-Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt
Geographic coordinates	30°1′37″N 31°15′7.5″E / 30.02694°N 31.252083°E
Architecture
Type	Mosque, mausoleum
Style	Neo-Mamluk
Completed	1904 (current structure)
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	1
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The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina^[1] is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn.^[2] The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.

History

Origins

The mosque is named after to Amna bint al-Hussein ibn Ali, a descendant of Muhammad. She was born in the 7th century and her mother was Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, a daughter of the chief of the Banu Kalb tribe.^[3] Rubab nicknamed her Sakina or Sukayna (Arabic: سكينة, lit. 'tranquility, peace').^[4]^[5] Historians have differed on whether her tomb in Cairo is in fact her true resting place. Those who acknowledge it rely on the following story: she was betrothed to Al-Asbagh ibn Abdul Aziz and sent to Egypt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, but she found out that he had cheated, so she went back.^{[clarification needed]}^[6]

Construction history

A mosque was built over the site of the tomb in 1760 through the patronage of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a mamluk official.^[2] It was replaced by a new mosque built in 1904 by Khedive Abbas II in a neo-Mamluk style.^[2]^[7]

References

^ El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-977-416-074-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Caroline (2018). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (7th ed.). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 142. ISBN 9789774168550.
^ Madelung, Wilferd (2004). "ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI i. LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN SHIʿISM". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. XII/5. pp. 493–8.
^ Reyshahri, Mohammad (2009). دانشنامه امام حسين [The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn] (in Persian). Vol. 1. p. 371. ISBN 9789644931.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
^ Naji, Mohammad-Reza; Mohammad-Zadeh, Marziya (2017). "سكينة بنت حسین" [Sakina bint Husayn]. Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 24. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation.
^ Civilization in the Mamluk Era - Story of Islam | Islamic History Portal Supervised by Dr. Ragheb al-Sarjani Archived 2017-06-29 at Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}
^ El Rashidi, Seif; Bowker, Sam (2018). The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61797-902-6.

[1] El Kadi, Galila; Bonnamy, Alain (2007). Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-977-416-074-5.

[:03-2] Williams, Caroline (2018). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (7th ed.). Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 142. ISBN 9789774168550.

[3] Madelung, Wilferd (2004). "ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI i. LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN SHIʿISM". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. XII/5. pp. 493–8.

[4] Reyshahri, Mohammad (2009). دانشنامه امام حسين [The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn] (in Persian). Vol. 1. p. 371. ISBN 9789644931.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)

[5] Naji, Mohammad-Reza; Mohammad-Zadeh, Marziya (2017). "سكينة بنت حسین" [Sakina bint Husayn]. Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 24. Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation.

[6] Civilization in the Mamluk Era - Story of Islam | Islamic History Portal Supervised by Dr. Ragheb al-Sarjani Archived 2017-06-29 at Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

[7] El Rashidi, Seif; Bowker, Sam (2018). The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61797-902-6.

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