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Al-Hakim Mosque

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Al-Hakim Mosque is one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo. Construction of it commenced in 990 under Caliph Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz, but it was completed under his son Caliph al-Hakim bi Amr Allah in 1013.

Mosque of Al-Hakim, the sixth Caliph
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Mosque of Al-Hakim, the sixth Caliph

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This mosque had been damaged by the time and during the earth quake of Cairo. It was used as play ground for a long time. Until in 1989 Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin and his followers renowated it and was opened by then president Mohammed Anwar Al Sadat.


 
 
 

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