مسجد علي باشا حلمي بحارة القربية بالدرب الأحمر (1322 ه-1904 م)‎ : دراسة أثرية معمارية

الملخص EN

This research is a study, description and analysis of the Mosque of Ali Basha Helmy, a member of the Domain Authority and formally A Yüzbaşı (Captain) in the Police and Management School.

The mosque is located in Haret Al Korbieh, El-Darb El-Ahmar, behind Ghulsyani hospice, and dates back to 1322 H.

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It was established during the ruling of Khedive Abbas II Helmy, and the date is proven by the regenerative inscription above the door of the mosque's main entrance.

The mosque was completely renewed on the Egyptian local style in the era of the Muhammad Ali dynasty, consisting of corridors without a courtyard or a hall.

The mosque was previously known as the mosque of Al Maamouniye, a group of servants of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, and then the mosque was vandalized and taken as a variety meats store, until Ali Basha Helmy hated that, as he used to live next to it, and fully renewed the mosque.

The study includes the architectural and analytical description of the mosque facings, and the importance and impact of its location and layout.

The mosque includes two free exposed facings directly overlooking Haret Al Korbieh while the rest of the facings are adjacent to neighboring buildings.

The layout of this mosque is unique for its uneven hexagonal shape, and its niche tops the southeastern side as it does not have any attachments except for the guard's room in the middle of the southern side of the prayer house.

The prayer house consists of two tiles not parallel to the qibla wall, and the middle of the wooden ceiling of each tile has a wooden rattle.

The light was also shed on the architectural and structural elements represented in building materials, entrances, stitches, architectural units, and decorative elements inside the mosque.

The study of this mosque is considered a new architectural and archaeological study that has never been addressed before and is published for the first time.

The research was provided with a horizontal plan for the layout of the mosque, in addition to 13 graphs and 32 paintings, all of them are made by the researcher.

The study concludes many important findings and recommendations