The Blue Mosque is the largest mosque in the Bab al-Wazir district of Cairo. Built in 1347 by Amir Aqsunqur, the mosque is an exceptional example of early Mamluk religious architecture, associating a mausoleum for the founder with a large courtyard for prayer surrounded by porticoes. In 1652, the Ottoman Amir Ibrahim Agha Mustafazan initiated a restoration campaign of the mosque and redecorated the sanctuary with blue Iznik tiles, some original, others made in Cairo workshops, giving the mosque its modern name.
WMF has a long-standing collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Historic Cairo that has resulted in the conservation of several monuments in the Darb el-Ahmar area and the Blue Mosque is the most recent effort.
http://www.wmf.org/project/jama%E2%80%99-al-aqsunqur-blue-mosque
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