The Mosque of al-Rifai in Cairo: Begun in 1869 and designed in a neo-Mamluk style, the mosque was left unfinished until 1906 when Max Herz Bey, the famous restorer of Islamic monuments in Cairo completed it. It stands opposite the grand mosque of Sultan Hasan as an attempt of the Khedival family to measure up to the achievements of the Mamluks.

 

Side view of the Mosque from the center of the Maydan of Salah al-Din showing both its southeastern and southwestern facades.   Main or southeastern facade of the Mosque overlooking the Maydan of Salah al-Din.   View of the Mosque's two Mamluk-style minarets and entrance dome with the southeastern minaret of the Mosque of Sultan Hasan to the right.

 

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