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Al-Jam`e Al-ِAqmar((アラビア語:الجامع الأقمر), literally:Moonlit mosque) or Al-Aqmar Mosque, also called Gray mosque, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt dating from the Fatimid era. It was built in the under vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi during the caliphate of Imam Al-Amir bi-Ahkami l-Lah.〔(El-Aqmar Mosque (Gray Mosque) ): Egypt Feature Article. Ismail Abaza, Tour Egypt. Accessed 2009-03-28.〕 The mosque is located on north Muizz Street. ==Features== The mosque is notable for its façade, which is elaborately decorated with inscriptions and geometric carving. This is both the first mosque in Cairo to have such decoration, and it also the first to have a façade which follows the line of the street, built at an angle to the rectangular hypostyle hall whose orientation is dictated by the qibla direction.〔Mitchell 1995, p. 224〕 The main inscription lies just below the top cornice in front face of the mosque. Its opening words are missing as the right wing got damaged, but the remaining suggest following:
The another inscription is seen in pierced medallion just over the main entrance gate with quran verse 33;33 encircling names of Muhammad and Ali.
In addition to above combination of Mohammad and Ali are further prominent in the decoration of the in the left half of façade, here name of Ali is in center and encircled by five linked Muhammad. There is chamfered corner appear three niches having verse 16:128:
On both sides of top niches there are roundel one having name of Muhammad and another of Ali. Hence top portion can be also read as:
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