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Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque was founded in Cairo in 970 by Fatimid Caliph al-Mu'izz, serving functions of worship, preaching, and as an Ismaili scholarly center.…
Timeline
- 970–1036Cairo · CairoAfter al-Mu'izz established Cairo as his capital, he founded Al-Azhar as a Fatimid Ismaili center of worship and preaching, gradually gathering religious scholars and lecture circles, laying the foundation of its status as a religious institution.
- 1051Al-Azhar Mosque · CairoIn the middle of al-Mustansir's reign, Al-Azhar continued to serve as Cairo's principal place of worship and a center for the dissemination of Ismaili scholarship, closely connected to the court and the city's religious networks, and was a core institutional node of religious life in the Fatimid capital.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: al-Azhar — Brill https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/
- The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640-1517 — Carl F. Petry (1998)