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    LocationCairo, Egypt
    AffiliationSunni Islam
    Year consecratedOriginal: 1154 Reconstructed: 1874
    StyleGothic Revival · Ottoman · Islamic eclecticism
    History

    According to Fatimid tradition, in the year 985, the fifth Fatimid caliph, al-Aziz Billah, traced the site of his great-grandfather's head through the office of a contemporary in Baghdad. It remained buried in the Shrine of Husayn'… See more

    Architecture

    The building of the mausoleum was completed in 1154. Of this original Fatimid architectural structure, only the lower part of the south side gate called Bab Al-Akhdar remains original in the mosque today. A couple year… See more

    Bab al-Mukhallafat al-Nabawiyya al-Sharifa

    Next to Ras al-Husayn is a crypt, housing artifacts believed to belong to Muhammad. A door laden with silver and gold was built by Mohammed Burhanuddin II and installed at the site in 1986.
    The room … See more

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