The Aqmar Mosque is one of the few remaining mosque

Mosque

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s in Cairo

Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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 that have been built in the Fatimid

Fatimid

The Fatimid Islamic Caliphate or al-Fāṭimiyyūn was a Berber Shia Muslim caliphate first centered in Tunisia and later in Egypt that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Sudan, Sicily, the Levant, and Hijaz from 5 January 909 to 1171.The caliphate was ruled by the Fatimids, who established the...

 era under vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi during the caliphate of Imam al-Amir, son of Mustansir. The mosque is located along north Muizz Street

Muizz street

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, with several significant monuments located next to it, including the Qalawun complex, and the mosque and madrasas of Selihdar. Al-Aqmar in Arabic means moonlight, derived from the word Qamar ("moon"). It is also sometimes called the Grey Mosque.

The façade of the Mosque are decorated with inscriptions and sculpture. The entrance has keel-shaped niche which is fluted and central portion inscribed with the names of Muhammad and 'Ali as shown in image below. Mosque building also have chamfered corner with similar names inscribed.