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The Al-Aybaki Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الأيبكي), also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki (Arabic transliteration: Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki), was a mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, in the State of Palestine. It was destroyed by an Israeli airstrik
e on 16 September 2025. Built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, the mosque is named after Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, a Muslim religious leader. 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. On 16 September 2025 at 6:24 P.M., the Aybaki Mosque destroyed along with at least 16 residential buildings as part of Israel's 2025 Gaza City offensive.
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