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Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque

القاهرة, Italy

Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque

The Sayyida Zaynab Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, romanized: Masjid As-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a mosque and mausoleum located on Portsaid Street in the Sayyidah Zainab District of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the largest and most important mosques of the city. It is centred on a shri

ne that is said to contain the tomb of Sayyidah Zaynab bint Ali, one of the daughters of Ali, fourth caliph, and his first wife Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is considered one of the patron saints of Cairo.

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