# Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo's oldest mosque surviving in its original form, built between 876 and 879 by governor Ahmad ibn Tulun. Its vast brick courtyard and rare spiral minaret echo the Abbasid style of Samarra in Iraq.

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Coordinates: 30.02889, 31.24944

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