Fahr ad-Din mosque ( Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي ) is located in the Somali capital of Mogadishu , in the Hamar Wayne ( Somal. Xamar Weyne , " Old Hamar" ) - the oldest part of the city. Built in 1269 at the behest of the first Sultan of the Sultanate of Mogadishu Fahr al-Din, it is the oldest mosque on the Horn of Africa .
| Mosque | |
| Fahr ad-Din mosque | |
|---|---|
| Arab. مسجد فخر الدين زنكي | |
 | |
| A country |  Somalia |
| City | Mogadishu |
| Coordinates | |
| Current, school | Sunnism |
| Architectural style | |
| Founder | Abu Bakr Fahr al-Din |
| Construction | 1269 |
| The number of minarets | 2 |
Description
The mosque is built of stone , inside is decorated with Indian marble and corals . Mihrab with an arch decorated with glazed coral tiles.
Sources
- Masjid fakhr al-din
- Garlake, Peter Storr. The Early Islamic Architecture of the East African Coast. - London: Oxford University Press, 1966. - S. 13-14, 48-50, 72-74, 81. - 207 p. - ISBN 0196440114 . - ISBN 9780196440118 .
- Lewis, IM Islam in Somalia. - 1986.
- Washington DC Foundation for Cross-Cultural Understanding. - S. 143.