The Aqsunqur Mosque (Arabic: مسجد آق سنقر), also known as the Blue Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزرق), or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (Arabic: مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان), is a mosque located in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is situated in the Tabbana Quarter of Darb al-Ahmar district, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo.
The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
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