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Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Mosque
The Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Mosque ( so, Masaajidka Shaykh Axmed Sharif) is small mosque in the historical Shingani district in Mogadishu. Overview The current Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Mosque was built in 1918, however this site is home to 2 previous older mosques built on top of one another and this mosque site could be home to Mogadishu oldest mosque. The mosque was demolished in the winter of 1985-86 was built in 1730-40 and mosque prior to that was built during the 17th century and the oldest mosque was built during the 13th century. Controversy The Sheikh Ahmed Sharif mosque was built in 1337 AH (1918 CE), after there was dispute between two local clans; the Asharaf clan and the 'Amuudi clan. The two clans both from Shingani district dispute first started after the Asharaf clan had removed the Khatiib of the mosque from office - they had no right to do this as this Khatib had been chosen by elders from both clans. The Asharaf clan then went to build the Sheikh Ahmed Sharif mosq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangani District
Shangani District ( so, Degmada Shangaani) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It lies in central Mogadishu. Shingani along with Hamar Weyne are the oldest districts in Mogadishu. Mosques Despite being the smallest districts in Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ..., the Shingani along with its neighbouring district Hamar Weyne are known for their many mosques and madrasahs. There are over 15 mosques in this district, which include: * Arba'a Rukun * Aw Kampay * Aw Mojow * Aw Muqfi * Aw Faraj Bin 'Ali * Awo Sharif 'Ali * Jaama' Shingani (Friday mosque) * Ma‟la * Rowda * Sheikh Ahmed Sharif * Sheikh Mohamed 'Abdisamad * Sheikh Omar & Sheikh Nureini (Twin mosques) * Sheikh Said Bin Isse * Wafle References Districts of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awooto Eeday
The Awooto Eeday Mosque is a small mosque located in one of the old historical alleyways of Hamar Weyne in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque is said to have been built with the money of a pious woman who was known as Awooto Eeday (Awooto which means grandmother in the local dialect). Above the mihrab of this mosque there's a plate with inscriptions which bears the date of 1223 AH, which corresponds to 1845 on the Gregorian calendar, according to Prof. Sharif Abdalla. However, according Maria Roasrio La Lomia, the mosque could be a lot older and that date could reflect the renovation of an older mosque. Awooto Eeday ("Grandmother Eeday‟) mosque is the neighbourhood mosque for the Shanshiyo. It was here that Sheikh Abba spent much of his day in the last quarter century, for prayer, teaching his students, and talking with people. According to his son 'Abdirahman, the mosque was built by an old woman of the Reer Sheikh Muumin, and is on the site of yet an older mosque. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jama'a Shingani, Shingani
Shingani's Friday mosque (Jamacaha Shingani in Somali) is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Mogadishu and in Africa. Historically, Jamacaha Shingani is the most important building in the historical quarter of Shingani. See also * Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne * Fakr ad-Din Mosque * Arba'a Rukun Mosque The Arba'a Rukun Mosque ( ar, أربع روكون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque in the medieval district Shangani, Mogadishu, Somalia. Overview The masjid is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in the Mogadishu capital. It was ... * Awooto Eeday * 'Adayga Mosque * Mohamed Al Tani References Mosques in Somalia {{Somalia-mosque-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arba'a Rukun Mosque
The Arba'a Rukun Mosque ( ar, أربع روكون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque in the medieval district Shangani, Mogadishu, Somalia. Overview The masjid is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in the Mogadishu capital. It was built circa 667 (1260/1 CE), concurrently with the Fakr ad-Din Mosque. Arba'a Rukun's mihrab contains an inscription dated from the same year, which commemorates the masjid's late founder, Khusra ibn Mubarak al-Shirazi (Khusrau ibn Muhammed). See also * Lists of mosques * List of mosques in Africa * List of mosques in Egypt * Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne * Awooto Eeday * 'Adayga Mosque * Jama'a Shingani, Shingani * Fakr ad-Din Mosque * Mohamed Al Tani Mosque *Masjid al-Qiblatayn The Masjid al-Qiblatayn ( ar, مسجد القبلتين, lit=Mosque of the Two Qiblas), also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, is a mosque in Medina believed by Muslims to be the place where the final Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet, ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi
Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi Masjid ( Somali: Masaajidka Shaykh Rumani Ba 'Alawi, also known as Masaajidka Rumaaniga or Masaajidka Aw Shukumaan) is a small mosque found in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque locally to as "Aw Shukuman" isn't an easy mosque to get to, it can only be reached through a series of long winding ancient alleyways. During a recent renovation of the mosque, 2 important artefacts were lost. One being the a piece of wood with 822 AH (which roughly corresponds to 1419 AD), the other being an iron ring hanging from one of the old beams that was being replaced. The ring was similar to those found in the older homes in the neighbourhood, said to have been used to hang lanterns. See also * Jama'a Shingani, Shingani * Fakr ad-Din Mosque * Arba'a Rukun Mosque * Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne * Awooto Eeday The Awooto Eeday Mosque is a small mosque located in one of the old historical alleyways of Hamar Weyne in Mogadishu. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Al Tani Masjid
Mohamed Al Taani Masjid ( so, Masaajidka Maxamed Al Taani) is a mosque in the medieval Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu. Overview Close to Jama'a Xamar Weyne, the Mohamed Al Taani Masjid is a mosque with a Shirazi style writing on it Mihraab attests to its antiquity. According to 'Aydarus Sharif 'Ali in his book Bughyat al-amal fi tarikh al-sumal, in 604 AH a man named Mohamed Ali came from Egypt to Mogadishu and became the Governor of Mogadishu. During his rule the following mosques were built: Mohamed al-Awal (which translates to Mohamed the 1st) Mosque (which is the Jama'a Xamar Weyne according to the locals), Mohamed al-Taani (Mohamed the 2nd) Mosque and the last one being Arba' Rukun (of the four corners) Mosque. According to 'Aydarus the last of these mosques was completed in 667 AH (1269 AD), which was the Arba' Rukun mosque. See also * 'Adayga Mosque * Arba'a Rukun Mosque The Arba'a Rukun Mosque ( ar, أربع روكون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne
Xamar Weyne's Friday mosque (Jamacaha Xamar Weyne in Somali) is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Mogadishu and in Africa. Overview Jama’a Hamar Weyne was built in the year 636 AH (1238 CE), some 30 years before Faqrudiin and Arba’a Rukun - both were built in the year 667 AH (1269 CE). Historically, Jamacaha Xamar Weyne is the most important building in the historical quarter of Xamar Weyne. It is situated about equidistant from the sea to the east and to the south; the floor of the mosques is (as estimated by eye) two metres or a little less below the level of the ground outside. Mogadishu has 3 of the oldest mosques on the East African coast, attested to their inscriptions inside the mosques; Jamaa' Hamar Weyne Arbaca Rukun and Fakr ad-Din. According to the locals the mosque was originally called Mohamed al-Awal (which translates to Mohamed the first) and was built during a period where Mogadishu was rule by Mohamed Ali, during this period the mosque Mohamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar (The Twin Mosques)
The Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar also known as the Twin Mosques (Somali: Masaajidka Mataanaha) is now a large mosque in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu. Overview The Twin mosques up until recently was made up of 2 separate mosques the Aw Muqtaar mosque which is rumoured to have existed around 700 years according to the elders and the Aw Sheikh Omar mosque which is a more recent established mosque and has existed for about 2 centuries prior to the 2 mosques joining. These two mosques had a feature that may be unique to the Islamic world. Where they both shared the same courtyard and the same tank for ritual ablution, but they had 2 separate imams along with 2 prayer rooms facing each other. Where prayers would be done at the same exact time. See also * Jama'a Shingani, Shingani * Fakr ad-Din Mosque * Arba'a Rukun Mosque * Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne * Awooto Eeday * Mohamed Al Tani * Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi Masjid ( Somali: Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia, and has an estimated population of 2,388,000 (2021). Mogadishu is located in the coastal Banadir region on the Indian Ocean, which unlike other Somali regions, is considered a municipality rather than a (federal state). Mogadishu has a long history, which ranges from the ancient period up until the present, serving as the capital of the Sultanate of Mogadishu in the 9th-13th century, which for many centuries controlled the Indian Ocean gold trade, and eventually came under the Ajuran Empire in the 13th century which was an important player in the medieval Silk Road maritime trade. Mogadishu enjoyed the height of its prosperity during the 14th and 15th centuries and was during the early modern period considered th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Adayga Mosque
The Adayga Mosque also known as Aw Musse mosque or Haji Musse mosque is small mosque in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque can be found in the small ancient alleyways of Hamar Weyne and can be easily missed, as it is in the midst of houses. Maria Rosario La Lomia put forward the hypothesis that the mosque could have been built in the 13th century due to the similarities of the minaret of the 'Adayga to the minaret of Jama'a Xamar Weyne. The mosques name comes from the fact that you'd find a Salvadora persica tree which twigs is customarily used as a toothbrush, hence the name 'Adayga which in Somali means whitener or toothbrush. The mosque has recently been reconstructed again and has lost some of its features. See also * Jama'a Shingani, Shingani * Fakr ad-Din Mosque * Arba'a Rukun Mosque * Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne * Awooto Eeday * Mohamed Al Tani *Twin Mosques The Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar also known as the Twin Mosques ( So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamar Weyne District
Hamar Weyne District ( so, Degmada Xamar Weyne) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It includes a part of central Mogadishu. Hamar Weyne is the oldest district with in Mogadishu and up until 1938 the city of Mogadishu was made up of Shingani and Hamar Weyne.Somali word "xamar" means tamarind tree. Mosques Despite being one of the smallest districts in Mogadishu, the Hamar Weyne district is known for it many mosques and madrasahs. There are over 25 mosques in this district, which include: * 'Abdulkadir * 'Adayga (Aw Musse) * 'Ano Qube (Raqayga) * Aw Dhawariyo * Aw Haji Bawasan * Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar (The Twin Mosques) * Aw Osman Hassan * Awooto Eeday * Fakhrudiin * Faraj Bin 'Ali * Haji Abati Shoble * Haji 'Ali Abow Hussenka * Jama'a Xamar Weyne * Jaama‟ Marwas * Mohamed Al Tani * Nuruleyn (Sharif Aghil) * Pakistan Mosque * Sharif Hashim * Sheikh Aweys * Sheikh Uweys ul Qarni * Sheikh Ibrahim * Sheikh Idris *Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi Sheikh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
