Aybaki Mosque

Al-Aybaki Mosque
مسجد الأيبكي
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationTuffah, Gaza
CountryPalestine
Location of the mosque in Gaza
Geographic coordinates31°30′30″N 34°28′07″E / 31.508349°N 34.468601°E / 31.508349; 34.468601
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
StyleMamluk
FounderMamluk dynasty
Completed13th century

The Al-Aybaki Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الأيبكي), also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki (Arabic transliteration: Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki), is a historic mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestine. Built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, the mosque is named after Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, a Muslim religious leader. According to his nisba "Aybaki", Sheikh Abdullah was a mamluk or relative of Izz al-Din Aybak, the first Mamluk sultan of Egypt. Sheikh Abdullah's son Sheikh Iyad was buried nearby at the Sayed al-Hashim Mosque in al-Daraj while his other son Ahmad al-Aybaki, a local saintly person, was buried in a sanctuary called al-Mazar ash-Sheikh Aybak.