Al Farghal Mosque Masjid Al Farghal

Al Farghal Mosque Masjid Al Farghal مسجد السلطان الفرغل اسيوط Al-Farghal Mosque (Masjid Al-Farghal) Sultan Al-Farghal is Al-Arif Billah “Muhammad Bin Ahmed“, born in early 810 AH corresponding to 1406 AD in the village of Bani Samie of Abutig center in Assiut governorate, due to his father's hand forward Hassan and the mother forward Hussein sons Ali bin Abi Talib Reda God for them all. Sultan al-Farghal studied, the science of jurisprudence and modern interpretation and became a destination for people to draw from the flow of knowledge, and a large pole in Upper Egypt and the poles of great mysticism. Al-Farghal Mosque asyout abu tij Sultan Al-Farghal Mosque, was in need of maintenance and renovation to fit those who frequented it, pointing out that the development work, where he built on the ruins of an old mosque dating back to the Mamluk era, and then rebuilt in the Ottoman era in the twelfth century AH 18 by the Prince Ali Kashif Jamal al-Din, The mosque was demolished and rebuilt in 1412 AH / 1989. It has two minarets and the dome of the mausoleum of Sultan al-Farghal. El Farghal Mosque, with its twin minarets, is the largest mosque in Upper Egypt. Many people come to Abu Tig every year in July to visit El Farghal Mosque and celebrate at the El Farghal fair.