Great Mosque of Kano

Great Mosque of Kano

The Great Mosque of Kano is a mosque in Kano, the capital of Kano State and second most populous city in Nigeria.

History

The great mosque was built for Muhammad Rumfa in the fifteenth century. It was made of mud, and was of the "soro", or tower, variety.cite web |url= http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7729|title= Great Mosque of Kano|accessdate=2007-07-13 |work= ArchNet|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology] It was moved to a new site by Muhammad Zaki in 1582, and rebuilt in the mid nineteenth century by Abdullahi dan Dabo. It was destroyed in the 1950s, and rebuilt with British sponsorship.

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External links

* [http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=9510 Photographs of the mosque]


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