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Kizimkazi Mosque

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The mosque was erected by Sheikh Said bin Abi Amran Mfaume al Hassan bin Muhammad in the month of Dhul Kaadi in the year 500 (AH), according to the floriated kufic inscriptions to the left of the mihrab. One further inscription, however, to the right of the mihrab, records a significant restoration in 1184 AH or 1772–1773 AD. As a result, the mosque’s main structural components date from the eighteenth century, however later expansions and certain pieces from the eleventh century were incorporated during the rebuilding.

Around the mosque are a number of pillar-decorated seventeenth-century tombs, one of which commemorates Sheikh Ali bin Omar, a man with one arm and one leg. Nowadays, prayer flags are frequently fastened to the graves.

Mosque Data

Architect

Type

Central

Country

Tanzania

Owner/Founder

Sheikh Said bin Abi Amran Mfaume al Hassan bin Muhammad

Year

1107

Area

200

Drawings

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