Kizimkazi Dimbani Mosque, Zanzibar ...
The mosque at Kizimkazi Dimbani is located on the island of Unguja (Zanzibar). According to a text inscribed along its northern inner wall, the mosque was constructed by one Shaikh es-Saiyid Abu 'Imran Musa, son of el Hasan, son of Muhammad in 500AH (1107 CE). Along with the dedicatory text are inscribed verses from the Quran. The mosque is important because it is one of the earliest extant mosques still in use this far south along the East African coast. Multiple excavations have taken place at the mosque and its environs, most recently in 2018 by Akshay Sarathi. Sarathi is yet to publish the... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | article-journal |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
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| Schlagwörter: | Religious Group / African Religions / Islamic Traditions / Sunni / Religious Place / Abrahamic / African Religion / Mosque / Islam in Africa / Islam / Swahili Religion / Language / Atlantic-Congo / Volta-Congo / Benue-Congo / Bantoid / Southern Bantoid / Narrow Bantu / East Bantu / Northeast Savanna Bantu / Northeast Coastal Bantu / Coastal NEC Bantu / Sabaki-Swahili / Swahili G.40 / Mombasa-Lamu-Inland Swahili / Swahili Islam / Coral Limestone Mosque |
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| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29266931 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12574375 |
