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The Fakhr al-Din Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي), [1] [2] is a historic mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia. It is located in the Hamar Weyne District , one of the oldest parts of the city.
It is situated about equidistant from the sea to the east and to the south; the floor of the mosques is (as estimated by eye) two metres or a little less below the level of the ground outside. Mogadishu has 3 of the oldest mosques on the East African coast, attested to their inscriptions inside the mosques; Jamaa' Hamar Weyne Arbaca Rukun and ...
Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Somali: Masjidka Labada Qibla, lit. 'Mosque of the two Qiblas'; Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد الْـقِـبْـلَـتَـيْـن) is a mosque in Zeila, situated in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. The name of the mosque reflects the belief that it was once aligned to both Mecca and Jerusalem. [1] [2]
Zeila's two-mihrab Masjid al-Qiblatayn dates to the 7th century, and is the oldest mosque in the city. [18] In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi wrote that Muslims were living along the northern Somali seaboard. [19]
The oldest mosques in the world can refer to the oldest, surviving building or to the oldest mosque congregation. There is also a distinction between old mosque buildings in continuous use as mosques and others no longer used as mosques. In terms of congregations, there are early established congregations that have been in continuous existence ...
Arba'a Rukun Mosque Somalia: Mogadishu: 1268/9 Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed. Fakr ad-Din Mosque Somalia: Mogadishu: 1269 Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din. Mosque of Islamic Solidarity Somalia: Mogadishu: 1987 National mosque.
The mosque is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in Mogadishu. It was built circa 667 (1260/1 CE), concurrently with the Fakr ad-Din Mosque.Arba'a Rukun's mihrab contains an inscription dated from the same year, which commemorates the name of the mosque's founder, Khusra ibn Mubarak al-Shirazi (Khusrau ibn Muhammed).
Shingani's Friday mosque (Jamacaha Shingani in Somali) is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Mogadishu and in Africa. Historically, Jamacaha Shingani is the most important building in the historical quarter of Shingani. [1]