Zaynab Bint Ali - Sayyida Ruqayya

Sayyida Ruqayya

Sayyida Ruqayya was the daughter of Ali. (Ali married the Prophet's daughter, Fatima.)

The mashhad is noted among other things for its central mihrab, one of the greatest pieces of stucco decoration in Egypt. It comprises a niche surmounted by a shell which is in turn surrounded by an outer scalloped edge, the ribs of which radiate from a medallion in a fashion recalling the niches decorating the facade of the al-Aqmar Mosque. These depict Fatimid Caliphate history of Egypt.