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The idea of establishment the Al-Rifa’i Mosque is considered an important desire of Khoshyar Hanim, the wife of Ibrahim Pasha chose that small corner known as Zawiyat Al-Rifai for building a huge architectural group, that includes a mosque to perform religious rites and a luxurious shrine for Sheikh Ali Al-Rifai, which she believed inha, son of Muhammad Ali, and the mother of Khedive Ismail. She chose that small corner known as Zawiyat Al-Rifai for building a huge architectural group, that includes a mosque to perform religious rites and a luxurious shrine for Sheikh Ali Al-Rifai, which she believed in. The research sheds light on the importance of the Al-Rifai mosque. The current study also investigates of the reasons for choosing that place of the architectural group to be a burial place for her and her family. The study applies historical and descriptive approaches. The study reached many conclusions, the most important of which are: to be a tomb for the family of Muhammad Ali.
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