Aqsunqur Mosque
| Aqsunqur Mosque Blue Mosque | |
|---|---|
Courtyard or sahn | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | Cairo Governorate |
| Region | Egypt |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Bab el-Wazir Street, Tabbana Quarter (Darb al-Ahmar district), Islamic Cairo, Egypt |
| Geographic coordinates | 30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Mamluk, Ottoman |
| Completed | 1347, then early 1652 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 5 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Materials | Stalactite, brick, wood, marble |
The Aqsunqur Mosque (Arabic: مسجد آق, Turkish: Aksungur Camii; also known as the Blue Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزرق, Turkish: Mavi Cami) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (Arabic: مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان, Turkish: İbrahim Ağa Camii) is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter (Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo. The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.