Abu Haggag Mosque
mosque in Luxor, Egypt
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Overview
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Abu Haggag Mosque is a mosque in the city of Luxor, Egypt, on Kornish Al Nile Street. It is built into the structure of Luxor Temple, an ancient Egyptian cult centre whose origins go back to the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC. The temple is described as one of the oldest continuously used temples in the world. The mosque is associated with the Sufi Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahim ibn Yusuf ibn Isa al-Zahid, known as Abu al-Hajjaj al-Uqsuri, who is buried inside it. Locally the building is also called Jami' Abu al-Hajjaj.
History
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The traveller Ibn Battuta mentions the mosque briefly in his travel work Tuhfat al-Nuzzar fi Gharaib al-Amsar wa Ajaib al-Asfar.
From Wikipedia
The Abu Haggag Mosque (Arabic: مسجد أبو الحجاج بالأقصر) is a mosque in Luxor, in the Luxor Governorate of Egypt. The mosque contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag, after whom the mosque is named. The mosque is integrated into the structure of Luxor Temple, an Ancient Egyptian centre of worship, making it one of the oldest continuously used temples in the world, dating from the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in the 14th century BCE.
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