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Cairo, Egypt
Best time to visit Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo: Oct–Apr. Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the…
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The best time to visit Al-Azhar Mosque is Oct–Apr, in Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar Mosque is in Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ, a title given to Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad.
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