Malindi Mosque
| Malindi Mosque | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Stone Town, Zanzibar |
| Country | Tanzania |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Swahili |
| Founder | Muhammad ben Abdulkadir al-Mansaby |
| Completed | 1250 AH (1834/1835 CE) |
| Minaret | 1 |
The Malindi Mosque is a mosque in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, located near the port.[1]
Overview
[edit | edit source]The present mosque was built in 1250 AH (1834/1835 CE) by Muhammad ben Abdulkadir al-Mansaby from the Benadir coast in Somalia. He was a rich merchant in Zanzibar from the 1820s to the 1840s. The building was enlarged twice in 1841 and 1890.[2] The mosque was possibly built on the site of an elder mosque that might have dated from the 17th century or earlier.[3] Some travel guides claim an origin in the 15th century.[4]
It has some unusual architectural features including a conical minaret, one of just three conical minarets in East Africa, and a square platform.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ archnet.org
- ^ Mnara Mosque Zanzibar, Tanzania, Web of archnet (information on architecture in Islamic societies, run by Agha Khan Trust), lookup in March 2021
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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