After

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

fell under Muslim control, it gradually lost its importance, since the newly created Empire was not dependent on Land, and with other ports nearby, like

Damietta Damietta ( arz, دمياط ' ; cop, ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, an easter ...

, and Palestinian Ports, but nevertheless the city includes several large and important mosques. after Napoleon came in, the city started to regain its power, over the nearby port of

Rosetta Rosetta or Rashid (; ar, رشيد ' ; french: Rosette ; cop, ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ ''ti-Rashit'', Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ''Bolbitinē'') is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Ro ...

. today the city is the second largest, in Egypt, and one of the main important

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...

ports.

Rashidunids

* Attarin mosqueVsist Alexandria – '
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Abbasids

* Mosque of Abdul Rahman Bin-Hormuz

Fatimids

* Sheikh Al-Qabari mosque, 11th centur

Ayyubids

Mamluks

Abu el-Abbas el-Mursi Mosque in Alexandria

* Mosque of Sidi Gaber * Mosque of El-Nabi Daniel, 13th century * Al-Shatibi mosque * Al-Tartoushi mosque

Ottomans and Alawiyya Dynasty

El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque The Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque ( ar, جامع أبو العباس المرسي) is an Egyptian mosque in the city of Alexandria. It is dedicated to the 13th century Murcian Andalusi Sufi saint Abul Abbas al-Mursi, whose tomb it contains. It is ...

* Imam Albusiri mosque * Mosque of Sidi Yaqout Al-Arsh * Mosque of Sidi Bishr * Terbana mosque, 1684 ad

Modern

* Al Qa'ed Ibrahim Mosquebr>

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20101006210322/http://www.alex.eskindria.com/f138.html

References

{{Reflist *https://web.archive.org/web/20110710201559/http://www.alex.eskindria.com/t3747.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20110609221651/http://www.alex.eskindria.com/t3743.html Mosques in Alexandria,

Mosques A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...

Mosques in Alexandria A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) are performed, in ...