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
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationMogadishu, Somalia
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleSomalo-Islamic
Date established1269 CE
Specifications
Dome(s)2
Minaret(s)1

The Fakhr al-Din Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فخر الدين زنكي),[1][2] is the second oldest mosque in Somalia after Masjid al-Qiblatayn. It is located in the Hamar Weyne District of Mogadishu, one of the oldest parts of the city.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.