Fakhr al-Din Mosque

For the mosque in Lebanon, see Fakhreddine Mosque.

Fakhr al-Din Mosque
مسجد فخر الدين
Illustration of the mosque in 1882
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Hamar Weyne, Mogadishu, Banaadir
Country	Somalia
Shown within Somalia
Geographic coordinates	2°02′01″N 45°20′09″E / 2.03361°N 45.33583°E / 2.03361; 45.33583
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Somalo-Islamic
Founder	Sultan Fakr ad-Din
Completed	1269 CE
Specifications
Dome	2
Minaret	1
Materials	Marble

The Fakhr al-Din Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي^[1][2]) is a mosque located in the historical Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia.^[3]

Overview

The historical Hamar Weyne district contains approximately 25 small mosques.^[3]

The construction of the mosque is dated by a 1269 CE inscription, attributing construction of the mosque to Sultan Fakr ad-Din.^[1][4] The structure displays a compact rectangular plan, with a domed mihrab axis. The mihrab is made of marble from northern India and bears a dated inscription.^[5]

Historic photographs of the mosque feature in drawings and images of central Mogadishu from the late 19th century onwards. The mosque can be identified amidst other buildings by its two conical domes, one round and the other hexagonal.

Gallery

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  A marble Quranic inscription outside the mosque
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  Round and hexagonal conical domes

See also

• Islam portal
• Somalia portal

• Islam in Somalia
• List of mosques in Somalia

References

1. Petersen, Andrew (2002). Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-134-61365-6.
2. Pradines, Stéphane (2022). Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar. Brill. p. 233. ISBN 978-90-04-47261-7.
3. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. pp. 204–205.
4. Cerulli, E. & Freeman-Greenville, G. S. P. (1991). "Maḳdis̲h̲ū". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VI: Mahk–Mid. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 128. ISBN 978-90-04-08112-3.
5. Michell, George, ed. (1978). Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning. Thames & Hudson. p. 278. ISBN 9780500278475.

Further reading

• Pradines, Stéphane (2022). Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar. Brill. pp. 232–238. ISBN 978-90-04-47261-7.

External links

• "Masjid Fakhr al-Din". ArchNet.org. n.d. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007.
• "Masjid Fakhr al-Din". ArchNet.org. n.d. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.