- Rashidunids
- Abbasids
- Fatimids
- Mamluks
- Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty
- Modern
- See also
{{Dynamic list}}Cairo has been known as the "City of a Thousand Minarets" due to the large number of mosques, and its well-known reputation of a beautiful skyline of minarets that can be seen from any high roof.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Cairo has many mosques built in different dynastic periods. Rashidunids| Name | Images | Year | Neighborhood | Remarks |
|---|
| Mosque of Amr ibn al-As | 642 | Fustat
{{coord>30|0|36.50|N|31|13|59.38|E|source:cawiki_region:EG_type:landmark|display=inline}} | The oldest mosque in Africa |
Abbasids| Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
|---|
| Mosque of ibn Tulun | 884 | Sayeda Zainab
{{coord>30|01|44|N|31|14|58|E|display=inline|region:EG-C_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} | The oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area |
Fatimids| Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
|---|
| Al-Azhar Mosque | 969 | El-Hussein
{{coord>30.0457|31.2627|display=inline}} | National mosque | | Al-Hakim Mosque | 1013 | | Lulua Mosque | 1015 | | Juyush Mosque | 1085 | | Al-Hussein Mosque | 1154 | El-Hussein
{{coord>30|2|52|N|31|15|47|E|type:landmark|display=inline}} | | Aqmar Mosque | 1125 | | Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque | 1160 | | Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque |
Mamluks| Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
|---|
| Mosque of Sultan Al-Zahir Baybars | 1269 | | Qalawun Mosque | 1304 | | Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque | 1334 | | Mosque of Al-Maridani | 1339 | | Aqsunqur Mosque | 1347 | El-Darb El-Ahmar
{{coord>30.036|N|31.260|E|display=inline|source:dewiki}} | | Shaykhu Mosque | 1349 | | Mosque of Amir al-Sayf Sarghatmish | 1356 | | Mosque of Sultan Hassan | 1362 | | Mosque of Sultan Barquq | 1386 | | Mosque of Sultan Al-Muayyad | 1410 | | Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi | 1413 | | Al Ashraf Mosque | 1424 | | Mosque of Taghribardi | 1440 | | Qaytbay Mosque | 1472 | | Khayrbak Mosque | 1502 | | Mosque of Qanibay ar-Rammah | 1503 | | Al-Ghuri Mosque | 1503 | El-Hussein
{{Coord>30|2|45.78|N|31|15|35.57|E|display=inline}} |
Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty| Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
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| Demerdash Mosque | 1523 | | Sulayman Pasha Mosque | 1528 | | Al-Burdayni Mosque | 1629 | | Mosque of Abu Dahab | 1703 | El-Hussein | | Mosque of Muhammad Ali | 1830 | | Mosque-Sabil of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar | 1839 | | Al-Rifa'i Mosque | 1911 | | Sayeda Zainab Mosque | 1940 | Sayeda Zainab |
Modern| Name | Images | Year | District | Remarks |
|---|
| Sayeda Aisha Mosque | 1971 | | Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque |
See also- List of buildings in Cairo
- List of mosques in Egypt
{{Mosques in Egypt}} 7 : Mosques in Egypt|Mosques in Cairo|Lists of mosques by city|Tourist attractions in Cairo|Medieval Cairo|Cairo-related lists|Lists of religious buildings and structures in Egypt |