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With a spiral minaret inspired by the Great Mosque of Samarra and crenelated arcades surrounding a vast open prayer space, the 6-acre (2.5-hectare Ibn Tulun Mosque is one of Cairo’s longest-surviving Islamic monuments. Its simple, serene shape was completed in 879AD for Ahmad Ibn Tulun, who made it the center of his new capital city.