Sidi Bishr Mosque

It is named after Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH (late 11th-century to early 12th-century CE) sheikh who lived in Alexandria after coming from the Maghreb.

Sidi Bishr Mosque
مسجد سيدي بشر
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Sidi Bishr
Location
Location	Alexandria
Country	Egypt
Geographic coordinates	31°15′42″N 29°59′07″E / 31.2616°N 29.9853°E / 31.2616; 29.9853
Architecture
Completed	late 19th century

The mosque contains a rectangular courtyard surrounded by porticoes. The mosque also has an iwan containing three porticoes made of octagonal columns bearing pointed arches. The iwan is divided into four corridors parallel to the wall of the qibla. On the western side of the iwan is a shrine containing a square-shaped room surmounted by a dome. The dome is considered the oldest part of the mosque, as it dates back to the 19th century CE. The mosque has been renovated several times, most notably during the reign of the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt and in 1945, when its size quadrupled.