The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is one of the oldest and largest mosques in Cairo. It was built by Ahmad ibn Tulun, the Abbasid governor who founded the Tulunid dynasty and ruled Egypt as a practically independent state, in his new capital district of al-Qata'i. The design follows the Abbasid architecture of Samarra in Iraq, with a vast open courtyard surrounded by arcades of pointed arches, built of baked brick covered with stucco, and with a minaret with an external spiral ramp. It covers a large area and is the biggest mosque in Cairo by ground area. It was restored in the 13th century by Sultan Lajin and again in later periods, and it appeared in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
Before and after
- from 868 CE to 905 CETulunids
- 870 CEBirth of Farabi
- 8 August 870 CETreaty of Meerssen
- from 872 CE to 1521Přemyslid dynasty
- 879 CEConstruction of Mosque of Ibn Tulun
- from 880 CE to 1477Duchy of Burgundy
- from 882 CE to 1240Kievan Rus'
- 893 CEConstruction of Preah Vihear Temple
- from 894 CE to 896 CEByzantine–Bulgarian War of 894–896
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- from 750 CE to 1258Abbasid Caliphate
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- from 29 July 1299 to 17 November 1922Ottoman Empire
- 1460Construction of Topkapı Palace
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