Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna
{{Short description|Mosque in Cairo, Egypt}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Mosque of Aslam al-Silahdar
| image = Sayyida Sukayna Mosque DSCF5891.jpg
| caption = View of the mosque from al-Khalifa street
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| coordinates = {{coord|30|1|37|N|31|15|7.5|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = Islam
| location = al-Khalifa, Cairo, Egypt
| groundbreaking =
| year_completed = 1904 (current structure)
| founded_by =
| architecture_type = Mosque, mausoleum
| architecture_style = Neo-Mamluk
| dome_quantity = 1
| minaret_quantity = 1
| website =
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The Mosque of Sayyida Sukayna or Mosque of Sayyida Sakina{{Cite book |last=El Kadi |first=Galila |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OJ0-tXE_9MC&pg=PA42 |title=Architecture for the Dead: Cairo's Medieval Necropolis |last2=Bonnamy |first2=Alain |date=2007 |publisher=American Univ in Cairo Press |isbn=978-977-416-074-5 |pages=41–42 |language=en}} is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. According to an apocryphal tradition, it contains the tomb of Sakina, a daughter of Husayn.{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Caroline |title=Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |year=2018 |isbn=9789774168550 |edition=7th |location=Cairo |pages=142 |language=en}} The current building dates from 1904. It is located in the historic al-Khalifa neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Cairo's Southern Cemetery.
History
= Origins =
The mosque is named after to Amna bint al-Hussein ibn Ali, a descendant of Muhammad. She was born in the 7th century and her mother was Rubab bint Imra al-Qais, a daughter of the chief of the Banu Kalb tribe.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2004 |title=ḤOSAYN B. ʿALI i. LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE IN SHIʿISM |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/hosayn-b-ali-i |last=Madelung |first=Wilferd |author-link=Wilferd Madelung |volume=XII/5 |pages=493–8}} Rubab nicknamed her Sakina or Sukayna ({{langx|ar|سكينة|lit=tranquility, peace}}).{{cite book |last=Reyshahri |first=Mohammad |author-link=Mohammad Reyshahri |title=دانشنامه امام حسين |title-link= |year=2009 |isbn=((9789644931)) |volume=1 |pages=371 |language=fa |trans-title=The Encyclopedia of Imam Husayn}}{{cite encyclopedia |year=2017 |title=سكينة بنت حسین |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam |publisher=Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation |url=https://rch.ac.ir/article/Details/14212 |volume=24 |language=Persian |trans-title=Sakina bint Husayn |author2-last=Mohammad-Zadeh |author2-first=Marziya |author1-first=Mohammad-Reza |author1-last=Naji}} Historians have differed on whether her tomb in Cairo is in fact her true resting place. Those who acknowledge it rely on the following story: she was betrothed to Al-Asbagh ibn Abdul Aziz and sent to Egypt by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, but she found out that he had cheated, so she went back.{{Clarify|reason=Went back where? If she left Egypt, then does this story explain why she is believed to be buried here?|date=September 2024}}[https://islamstory.com/-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83 Civilization in the Mamluk Era - Story of Islam | Islamic History Portal Supervised] by Dr. Ragheb al-Sarjani [http://web.archive.org/web/20170629234527/http://islamstory.com:80/-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83 Archived] 2017-06-29 at Wayback Machine{{Dead link|date=September 2024}}
= Construction history =
A mosque was built over the site of the tomb in 1760 through the patronage of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a mamluk official. It was replaced by a new mosque built in 1904 by Khedive Abbas II in a neo-Mamluk style.{{Cite book |last=El Rashidi |first=Seif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2tjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT132 |title=The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt's Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft |last2=Bowker |first2=Sam |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-61797-902-6 |language=en}}
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