Aybaki Mosque Explained

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
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Country:State of Palestine
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Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Mamluk
Year Completed:13th century
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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]

Further reading

. Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, G . Moshe. Sharon. Moshe Sharon . 2009. 4. BRILL. 978-90-04-17085-8.

Notes and References

  1. Shahin, 2005, p. 438.
  2. Sharon, 2009, pp. 31, 35