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The Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya (Arabic: مَشْهَد ٱلسَّيِّدَة رُقَيَّة, romanized: Mashhad As-Sayyida Ruqayya), sometimes referred to as the Mausoleum or Tomb of Sayyida Ruqayya, is a 12th-century Islamic religious shrine and mosque in Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt. The Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya, a mashhad ru'ya (visual memorial) of an 'Alid saint, is dated by an inscription to the year 1133/527 AH. Sayyida Ruqayya was the daughter of Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Righteously Guided Caliph (Rashidun). Ruqayya came to Cairo with her stepsister Zaynab.
The Shrine is associated with the venerated lady known as Al-Sayyida Ruqayya, daughter of the Imam 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Righteously Guided Caliph ( Rashidun). This monument was also used as a viewing platform where visitors could climb to the roof and view the new moon.
Mashhad: A complex term that means either a memorial for a shahid (witness of the greatness of God, but later exclusively meaning martyr) or a memorial for a true vision, which mostly involves the Prophet or members of his family.
Este santuario, patrocinado por la esposa del califa fatimí al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, se dedicó a la memoria de Sayyida Ruqayya, hija del imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, cuarto califa ortodoxo. Su principal característica es la transición a la cúpula, compuesta por nichos con arco.
Ruqayya bint ʿAlī (Arabic: رُقَيَّة بِنْت عَلِيّ) was a daughter of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661). She is considered an Alid saint, her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a.
The portable mihrab from the Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya dates to the Fatimid period and is crafted entirely from wood. It is notable both because of its wooden construction and because it is not built into a larger permanent structure but is freestanding and can be moved.
