The Alabaster Mosque
Between 1828 and 1848, the Alabaster Mosque or Mosque of Muhammad Ali was built on the site. It gets its name from the Alabaster used on the lower section of the façade.
It was built in memory of Ali’s second son, Tusun Pasha, who died in 1816. It was also an attempt to erase the presence of the previous dynasty, the Mamluk, from the Citadel. Structures that were Mamluk in origin were destroyed to make way for the mosque.
The Alabaster Mosque
Between 1828 and 1848, the Alabaster Mosque or Mosque of Muhammad Ali was built on the site. It gets its name from the Alabaster used on the lower section of the façade.
It was built in memory of Ali’s second son, Tusun Pasha, who died in 1816. It was also an attempt to erase the presence of the previous dynasty, the Mamluk, from the Citadel. Structures that were Mamluk in origin were destroyed to make way for the mosque.