Aybaki Mosque

Al-Aybaki Mosque
مسجد الأيبكي
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationTuffah, Gaza
CountryPalestine
Aybaki Mosque is located in Gaza Strip
Aybaki Mosque
Location of the mosque in Gaza
Geographic coordinates31°30′30″N 34°28′07″E / 31.508349°N 34.468601°E / 31.508349; 34.468601
Architecture
StyleMamluk
FounderMamluk dynasty
Completed13th century

The Al-Aybaki Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الأيبكي), also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki (Arabic transliteration: Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki), is a mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, in the State of Palestine.

Built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, the mosque is named after Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, a Muslim religious leader.[1] According to his nisba "Aybaki", Sheikh Abdullah was a mamluk or relative of Izz al-Din Aybak, the first Mamluk sultan of Egypt. Sheikh Abdullah's son Sheikh Iyad was buried nearby at the Sayed al-Hashim Mosque in al-Daraj while his other son Ahmad al-Aybaki, a local saintly person, was buried in a sanctuary called al-Mazar ash-Sheikh Aybak.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shahin, Mariam (2005). Palestine: A Guide. Interlink Books. p. 438. ISBN 1-56656-557-X.
  2. ^ Sharon, Moshe (2009). Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, G. Vol. 4. BRILL. pp. 31, 35. ISBN 978-90-04-17085-8.


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