After years of careful restoration work, Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with Unesco placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nuri Mosque minaret. Once ...

Eleven years after building the minarets, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah added stone walls that encased their sides so that they assumed the form of towers. Inscription bands were included that contained ...

Al-Hakim Mosque is the fourth oldest mosque remaining in Egypt and the second largest mosque in Cairo after Ibn Tulun Mosque. It was ordered by the Fatimid Caliph Billah in the year 379 AH / 989 AD ...

About Al-Hakim Mosque. ... Al-Hakim himself modified these minarets in 1010 by enclosing them in a square salient around them. They are the city's oldest still standing minarets.

Al-Hadba minaret was built in 1172 by the Seljuk ruler Nur al-Din as part of the religious complex that included Al-Nouri mosque. It was 45 metres tall and decorated with ornamental brickwork. In the ...

PM Modi's visit to Imam al-Hakim bi Amr Allah Mosque, a 1,000-year-old mosque holds immense significance back in India, with a focus on the Dawoodi Muslim community.