Fakhr al-Din Mosque
mosque in Somalia
The Fakhr al-Din Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي) is a mosque located in the historical Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia.
Overview
The historical Hamar Weyne district contains approximately 25 small mosques.
The construction of the mosque is dated by a 1269 CE inscription, attributing construction of the mosque to Sultan Fakr ad-Din. The structure displays a compact rectangular plan, with a domed mihrab axis. The mihrab is made of marble from northern India and bears a dated inscription.
Historic photographs of the mosque feature in drawings and images of central Mogadishu from the late 19th century onwards. The mosque can be identified amidst other buildings by its two conical domes, one round and the other hexagonal.
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See also
Islam in Somalia
List of mosques in Somalia
References
Further reading
Pradines, Stéphane (2022). Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar. Brill.
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