MUHAMMAD ALI MOSQUE

Refresh your soul and mind during your trip to Muhammad Ali Mosque with White Bird Travel and enjoy one of the most famous Egyptian monuments in Cairo, which is one of the most important monuments inside Salah Al Din Castle, also known as Alabaster Mosque and located at the highest point inside Salah Al Din Castle.

Muhammad Ali Basha Mosque or Alabaster Mosque was designed by Yusuf Boshnak, Turkish architect who came to Cairo from Istanbul to build this wonderful mosque of Mohammed Ali Basha, who ruled Egypt from 1805 until 1849. The construction of this mosque took a long time as they continued to build even after the death of Muhammad Ali pasha and it was completed in the era of the successors thereafter, the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Pasha is located on the right side of the entrance in the southwestern corner of the mosque, which was built of white marble. You will enjoy exploring the beautiful design of this magnificent mosque where it had a square shape and each side is 41 m, it also has a central dome in its roof based on four enormous arches and supported by enormous piers, and its ornaments also highlight Ottoman and Islamic charming design.