Arba'a Rukun Mosque

Arba'a Rukun Mosque
أربع ركون
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Mogadishu, Somalia
Architecture
Type	mosque
Completed	1260/1
Dome(s)	1

The Arba'a Rukun Mosque (Arabic: أربع ركون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque in the Shangani medieval district of Mogadishu, Somalia.^[1]

Overview

The mosque is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in Mogadishu. 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 name of the mosque's founder, Khusra ibn Mubarak al-Shirazi (Khusrau ibn Muhammed).^[2]

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
• Mosque of Islamic Solidarity

References

1. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. pp. 204–205.
2. Art and Archaeology Research Papers. Vol. 7–12. 1975. p. 8 – via Google Books.
   - Garlake, Peter S. (1966). The Early Islamic Architecture of the East African Coast. Institute. p. 10 – via Google Books.

External links

• ArchNet - Masjid Fakhr al-Din
• Photograph of Arba'a Rukun Mosque in 1983

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