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Al-Rifa’i Mosque, is located in Cairo, Egypt, in Midan al-Qal’a, adjacent to the Cairo Citadel. The building is located opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan.<\/p>\n
Hussein Pasha Fahmy was commissioned in 1869 by Khedive Ismail\u2019s mother to build a dynastic mosque in the place of a small shrine for al-Rifa`i. He died during construction and work completely stopped in 1880. In 1905 Helmi Pasha commissioned Max Herz who was in charge of the Comit\u00e9 de Conservation des Monuments de l\u2019Art Arabe, to complete the structure. The mosque was finished in 1912.<\/p>\n
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[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]AL- Rifai Mosque Al-Rifa’i Mosque, is located in Cairo, Egypt, in Midan al-Qal’a, adjacent to the Cairo Citadel. The building is located opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan. Hussein Pasha Fahmy was commissioned in 1869 by Khedive Ismail\u2019s mother to build a dynastic mosque in the place of a small shrine for al-Rifa`i.<\/p>\n