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Great Mosque of Kano

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The Great Mosque of Kano with a wall around it with a gate, two tall minarets and a large dome - Kano, North Nigeria - 13–15 January 1962
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was located in two possible locations. The first possibility is the Sharifai quarter, inhabited by the descendants of the 15th-century
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The great mosque of Kano is the oldest mosque in Nigeria and was built for
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It was destroyed in the 1950s, and rebuilt with British sponsorship.
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15th-century religious buildings and structures in Nigeria
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in the 15th-century. It was made of mud, and was of the
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Dr. Mary Gillham
Affiliation
Sunni
Kano
Kano state
Nigeria
Great Mosque of Kano is located in Nigeria
Geographic coordinates
11°59′41″N 8°31′03″E / 11.99472°N 8.51750°E / 11.99472; 8.51750
Mosque
Muhammad Rumfa
Dome
Minaret
Arabic
mosque
Kano
Kano State
Nigeria


Muhammad Rumfa
Kano
Berber
al-Maghili
Wangara
Mali empire
Muhammad Zaki
Abdullahi Dan Dabo
Sokoto jihad

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