Kizimkazi Mosque

Zanzibar Islands · Tanzania

Kizimkazi Mosque, Tanzania
Photo: Behrang, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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One of the oldest surviving Islamic buildings in East Africa, its mihrab bears a Kufic inscription dated to the early 12th century. The coral-stone mosque on southern Unguja reflects the deep Swahili-Shirazi roots of Zanzibar.

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