Ibrahim Trabana Mosque

He ordered the establishmet of this mosque Haj Ibrahim bi Haj Obeid Maghrib famous famous oble i 1097 AH / 1685. He was oe of the largest merchats ad digitaries of Alexadria Belogs to the local Ottoma style i Egypt kow as the Delta, which is evidet from its ame that it has spread i the buildig of the mosques of the face of the sea i Egypt, ad takes the mosque layout of the mosques suspeded, it cosists of two floors, occupies the groud floor 12 shop ad a way ad used a small coffee, Which was supplyig the mosque with water from its ow tak. The first floor was used for prayer. It has four facades overlookig the surroudig streets, the mai oes are the south-west overlookig the Frech street, ad the mai etrace is opeed, ad this etry is topped by the foudig text of the mosque (Plate 5), which reads: “I the ame of God the Merciful – I God – this mosque was established by Haj Ibrahim Trabaeh i 1097 “ad ext to the Basmalah from the top of the sigature” Essa “. This facade is opeed o the first floor with semi-circular cotracts, with rectagular widows topped with woode widows covered with wood ad surrouded by a strip of peat ad mime. The top of the façade is filled with vegetable flaps. Ad asceds from this etrace by ladder to the Basta topped by the miaret, ad offset by aother ladder leadig to the etrace to the side of the mosque, ad this miaret is the oldest miarets remaiig i Alexadria. The Ewa prayer is a rectagle divided ito five corridors by four basemets parallel to the qibla wall. These basis carry a roof of woode basis decorated with geometric ad vegetal motifs. The back porch is the ceter of the qibla wall i the middle of the qibla wall. A hollow iche with a tapered cotract, a mihrab ad a qibla wall. Ceramic tiles for various floral ad geometric desigs.