Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Built between 876 and 879 AD, the Mosque of Ibn Tulun is one of the oldest mosques in
Cairo.
It was commissioned by Ahmad ibn Ţūlūn, the Abbassid governor of Egypt.
The mosque is constructed around a courtyard, with one covered hall on
each of the four sides. The minaret, which features a helical outer
staircase similar to that of the famous minaret in Samarra, was probably
built several centuries later. Parts of the James Bond film The Spy Who
Loved Me were filmed at the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.
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