Aybaki Mosque

Al-Aybaki Mosque
Location within Gaza
Basic information
Location	al-Tuffah, Gaza, Gaza Strip
Geographic coordinates	31°30′30″N 34°28′07″E / 31.508349°N 34.468601°ECoordinates: 31°30′30″N 34°28′07″E / 31.508349°N 34.468601°E
Affiliation	Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Architectural style	Mamluk
Completed	Late 13th century

Al-Aybaki Mosque (also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, Arabic transliteration: Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki) is a historic mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City. Built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, the mosque is named after Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, a Muslim religious leader.^[1] According to his nisba "Aybaki", Sheikh Abdullah was a mamluk or relative of Izz al-Din Aybak, the first Mamluk sultan of Egypt. Sheikh Abdullah's son Sheikh Iyad was buried nearby at the Sayed al-Hashim Mosque in al-Daraj while his other son Ahmad al-Aybaki, a local saintly person, was buried in a sanctuary called al-Mazar ash-Sheikh Aybak.^[2]

References

1. Shahin, 2005, p. 438.
2. Sharon, 2009, pp. 31, 35

Bibliography

• Shahin, Mariam (2005). Palestine: A Guide. Interlink Books. ISBN 1-56656-557-X.
• Sharon, Moshe (2009). Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, G. 4. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-17085-5.