Fakr ad-Din Mosque

The Fakr -ad -Din Mosque ( also Fakhr al Din Fakhruddin or written ) is the oldest mosque in Mogadishu and one of the oldest Islamic monuments in Africa. It is located between the present-day districts Hamar Weyne - the oldest part - and Sheikh Muumin.

The Fakr -ad - Din mosque was built in 1269 under the first Sultan of Mogadishu. You and the Husuni Kubwa Palace of Kilwa Kisiwani, which is also attributed to the Shirazi - style, are the two oldest surviving buildings on the East African coast.

Architecture

Built the Fakr - ad-Din Mosque is mainly of coral and Indian marble. The entrance façade has three entrances, one of which is adorned mean the most and provided with an inscription. Behind these are three small input spaces where ablution is performed.

By further three doors - one of which, in turn, the middle one is the most extensively decorated - you can go from the wash rooms in a narrow courtyard. Beyond the courtyard is a portico, which occupies about the same area as the court and covers the front of the mosque. From the portico again performs a selection of marmorgetäfelten entrances into the rectangular prayer hall.

The prayer room offers for East African conditions remarkably uncrowded. Only two polygonal columns support the two longitudinal beams that support the high ceiling. Along the main prayer room run two side rooms.

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