The Mosque is known as “The Royal Mosque”. The Mosque is rectangular almost 6500 m2 around a dome. Almost 1700 m2 is dedicated to prayer and the rest has mausoleums. Although the Mosque is named after Ahmed Al-Refai, he was not buried there but one of his family “Abu Shebak” was buried in the Mosque. There is also the mausoleum of the last Shah of Iran “Muhammad Reda” and several members of the royal family like King Faruk, King Fuad I, and Princess Farida.
