Al-Aybaki Mosque | |
Native Name: | مسجد الأيبكي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Map Type: | Palestine Gaza |
Map Size: | 220px |
Coordinates: | 31.5083°N 34.4686°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Location: | Tuffah, Gaza |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Festivals: | --> |
Country: | State of Palestine |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Architecture Type: | Mosque |
Architecture Style: | Mamluk |
Year Completed: | 13th century |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Al-Aybaki Mosque (also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, Arabic transliteration: Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki) is a historic mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, 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]
. Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, G . Moshe. Sharon. Moshe Sharon . 2009. 4. BRILL. 978-90-04-17085-8.